New Mexico MainStreet Groundwork Studio is part of the New Mexico Mainstreet Revitalization Specialist Team. Working with Mainstreet’s Four Point Approach of Design, Promotion, Economic Vitality, and Organization, the team provides valuable training and technical assistance for the State’s Mainstreet, Frontier and Arts and Cultural District communities. We work closely [...]

Pueblo Alto & Mile Hi Drainage Outreach This unique outreach project involved the Pueblo Alto and Mile Hi community members in a transparent process identifying assets and opportunities to resolve local drainage issues. These neighborhoods regularly experience problematic flooding issues, caused mainly by an inadequately sized storm drain system. While [...]

CABQ Nature Play Recommendations In collaboration with MRWM Landscape Architects, Parks and Recreation Department staff, and Nature Play Roundtable volunteers, Groundwork Studio assisted in the development of the City’s new Nature Play Recommendations. The purpose of the document is to raise awareness of the need for nature play and to [...]

Jewish Community Center Garden The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Greater Albuquerque, founded in 2000, is a non-profit organization, open to all regardless of religious affiliation.The campus has fitness and athletic facilities, an outdoor aquatics center, early childhood education center and provides a wide variety of cultural, educational, and recreational [...]

Gallinas River Park Improvements Groundwork Studio worked with community members and the City of Las Vegas to actualize the conceptual master plan that was created through a Community Design Workshop in 2018. Representatives from every part of Las Vegas and its surroundings participated in a three-day workshop that included discussion, debate and [...]

Wells Park Redevelopment Groundwork Studio has been working with the Wells Park Community since 2020 to envision, plan and redesign Wells Park and the adjacent vacant property (also known as the “Walker Property”). The process began with a 6-month public engagement process to develop a community-based vision for the redevelopment of [...]

Photography by Matt O, 2018.  Randall Davey Audubon Center Nature Discovery Area This pioneering nature discovery area takes interaction with and interpretation of the natural environment to a new high for New Mexican children of all ages. Building from Audubon Southwest’s mission to provide hands on, [...]

International District Urban Agriculture Plan In partnership with Bernalillo County and the International District Healthy Communities Coalition (IDHCC), Groundwork Studio developed a plan to create a sustainable framework for urban agriculture in Albuquerque’s most diverse urban neighborhood.Through comprehensive inventory and mapping of assets and partnerships, responsive community needs assessment and [...]

Aerial Adventures Market Analysis Groundwork Studio collaborated with Bonsai Design and the City of Farmington to develop a market analysis for the feasibility of Aerial Adventure activities at Lake Farmington and Berg Park. This project is an integral part of the City’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Initiative to build and support [...]

Ruidoso Outdoor Recreation Master Plans: Grindstone Lake & Moon Mountain Groundwork Studio is working with the Village of Ruidoso on recreational master plans for Moon Mountain and Grindstone Canyon. For Grindstone Canyon, Groundwork Studio has assessed the existing conditions for approximately 275 acres in and around Grindstone Lake in order [...]