The requirements for this project were drafted using insights from prior research conducted with members of Chicago's Austin community. Working with a researcher and fellow designer, I identified a set of user stories pointing to features that could be feasibly designed, tested, and implemented within our 6-week timeframe populated by data already existent within the system. The primary elements we decided to include were: (1) a prominent page title displaying the community name with an inviting graphic, (2) a list of upcoming opportunities in the area, (3) a list of organizations which provide activities in the community, and (4) call-to-actions nudging users to explore other areas of the platform. 

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Knowing our target users (community members and program providers) use a mixture of devices, creating a design that would be aesthetically pleasing across devices was a priority. Given the limited amount of elements on the page, I felt the design could value quality over quantity, so to speak. We conducted several short design sprints, gathering feedback from internal stakeholders as often as possible. As a final round of testing, we conducted a focus group with 10+ members of the Austin and Humbolt Park communities. This event served to validate the usability of our design and built excitement among the participants for such a feature. 

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