Join us virtually for this stop on the Strong Towns Local-Motive Tour Spring 2025, featuring local advocate Amy Stelly.
LOCATION: Online Event | DATE: April 10, 2025 | TIME: Noon CDT
Join us for an enlightening online workshop featuring Amy Stelly, a passionate advocate in New Orleans, Louisiana, who is leading the charge to remove a highway that disrupts her historic neighborhood. As an artist, designer and planner, Amy brings a unique perspective to her work. She is the founder and executive director of the Claiborne Avenue Alliance Design Studio, a nonprofit design firm dedicated to making the languages of design and land use accessible to all. Hosted by Norm Van Eeden Petersman, director of Movement Building at Strong Towns, this workshop offers live discussions and the chance for attendees to engage and get their questions answered. Meet the unsung heroes of the Strong Towns movement and be inspired to make a difference in your own community!
Amy Stelly is an artist, designer and planner, a native of New Orleans and a proud resident of the Treme-Lafitte neighborhood. She is the founder and executive director of the Claiborne Avenue Alliance Design Studio, a nonprofit design firm that is committed to providing access to the languages of design and land use for all. Amy rose to prominence as a freeway fighter when President Biden cited the city’s Claiborne Expressway as an example of infrastructure that has divided and harmed the Treme and 7th Ward communities. She is also a preservationist and land use expert who has led some of the most powerful advocacy groups in New Orleans.