An architect who re-imagines community and public spaces
as a civic commons. Visiting catalyst, Edward Mitchell
comes to Newport to engage with urban planners, residents,
and decision makers to foster collaboration and transparency
through conversation and visioning workshops.

Imagine a city where its residents use their senses to vision,
plan and implement transformational change in order to
strengthen, position, and sustain themselves, now and into
the future. Visiting catalyst, Estevan Rael-Gálvez comes to
Newport to empower citizens to collectively create the story
of their city by reconnecting to their senses.

As part of Visiting Catalyst Jake Dunagan's recent visit to Newport, a local design team created an exhibition of the future mayor's office at the site of Old Town Spring and Coffey's Gas Station. The exhibit is open June 18- June 26. Newport Daily News reporter Sean Flynn covers Dunagan's recent residency in this article.

Imagine a city in 2061 that has experienced autonomous cars, adapted urban spaces, new advanced industries, and demographic shifts. Can we contribute to the design today to build this city tomorrow? Will we be remembered for our role and contribution to history? Visiting catalyst Jake Dunagan comes to Newport in June 2016.

In the spirit of Catalyzing Newport’s “Culture of Yes” Catalyst residency with the Knight Foundation, steering committee members, The Newport Arboretum, Salve Regina University, Newport Art Museum, and National Grid collaborated on the First Light Funeral, a farewell to the beloved 180-year-old Fernleaf Beech tree in true New Orleans style!

Imagine a city full of disruptors, history’s
innovators who put forth new ideas and took
risks. Their successes and their failures make
them part of our legacy of experimentation
to find a better way for all.

Imagine a city where the disenfranchised found
a voice, where practices disdained elsewhere
were tolerated and even enjoyed, and where
diverse persons made their livelihoods.

Imagine a city where active women, people of
color, and new settlers of all religions, participated
in a kaleidoscope of tolerance that fostered a
richness of culture and ideas.