Amber Hawkes 4/24/23 Amber Hawkes 4/24/23

What We've Been Up To...

It's been a fun few months at HERE, as we've been busy designing a half a dozen street design pilot projects throughout the Southern California region and putting together some fun pop-up community events.

Amber Hawkes 11/16/22 Amber Hawkes 11/16/22

A Community Dialog in Seattle: The Seattle Transportation Plan

Over the last months, we’ve been working with the Seattle Department of Transportation on the City’s Transportation Plan, making creative engagement games and materials.

Amber Hawkes 5/24/22 Amber Hawkes 5/24/22

Pilot Project, Pop-Up, and Augmented Reality in Oxnard!

HERE installed a pilot project and carried out a creative community pop-up in Oxnard CA as part of the City’s Sustainable Transportation Plan. We also tested out PebbleXR, a cool new technology we are developing that lets community members see and comment on project ideas on their mobile devices, using Augmented Reality.

Amber Hawkes 4/20/22 Amber Hawkes 4/20/22

Pilot Project Installed in West Hollywood

Street design pilot project installed in West Hollywood, on Willoughby Ave.

Amber Hawkes 12/7/21 Amber Hawkes 12/7/21

Site Specific Public Art Installed & Nesting Furniture Deployed in Santa Monica

Here LA installed a site-specific art piece and brought along our nesting furniture to activate Palisades Park in Downtown Santa Monica this weekend.

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The Postcard Pop Up!

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Two Awards for Brea’s Connecting the Core Plan

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Mobility Hubs in LA

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An Artful Ocean Avenue

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Artful pilot project coming to Long Beach!

We are installing an artful pilot project in North Long Beach!

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What’s a cookin’ at the Here LA studio…

Want to hear about some of the things we are working on at Here LA this week?

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An award for Here LA from the California American Planning Assoc.

The Southern California Association of Governments won Cal APA’s 2020 Public Outreach Award for its Climate Adaptation Communication Strategies.

Amber Hawkes 8/17/20 Amber Hawkes 8/17/20

When Everything Breaks

Join Here LA’s Co-Director, Shannon Davis, this Wednesday, as she speaks about the digital public realm.

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Community Conversations During a Pandemic

During a pandemic, as public dialogue about planning projects shifts online, people have been asking us: how can an online process replace a physical one? How can we assure equity and access? Our answer is twofold.

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Defend Black Lives.

Here LA, a black-owned business, stands tall and proud with the black community through these times. As a firm that was founded on optimism, positivity, and hope for change, we have been reflecting on how these goals are manifesting in our everyday business practices as well as in our plans and projects.

Amber Hawkes 6/11/20 Amber Hawkes 6/11/20

Slow down!

Did you know that you can turn your streets into 'Slow' streets? Designed for local residents only, slow streets are closed to vehicular traffic and are friendly for people walking and rolling. These local neighborhood streets will be open all day and all night.

Amber Hawkes 5/25/20 Amber Hawkes 5/25/20

A Civic Technology Award for Here LA and LA Metro!

Here LA's Inglewood First/Last Mile Plan has won an Award of Merit for Innovative Use of Technology from the American Planning Association, Los Angeles.

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Rethinking the Street

As we all dream of calmer, more positive times, we look for inspiration to cities around the world that are rethinking the way they plan, design, and relate to public space.