Empowering Climate-Ready Communities

What Should Altadena Become?You Decide.

Re-Dream Altadena is a community imagination tool that uses AI to help neighbors visualize possibilities for our streets, blocks and neighborhoods.

Reimagine your neighborhood at altadena.re-dream.ai     ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿                  A community project by Designing Resilience, The Little Things and ODGA.

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“...widen sidewalks and add wheelchair-accessible components, bollards, protected bike lanes.”

Your words.

“...a corner community coffee and wine store with big trees and picnic bench and patio.”

“...remove the electric poles and lines, these will be placed underground.”

Between June and July 2026, residents ran nearly 100 Re-Dream sessions and wrote about 200 prompts re-imagining real Altadena streets. Trees and shade came up in more than half of them. Residents also asked for places to gather, safe and accessible sidewalks, small local shops and cafés, protected bike lanes, and power lines moved underground.

Where do you walk, bike and gather in Altadena, and what would make it better? The Town Trail map brings together residents’ hand-drawn routes and ideas to help plan a safer, shadier, more connected Altadena. Click on the image below to download the map, add your own, and send it back to us at info@designingresilience.org

June 28, 2026 -  The Fair Oaks corridor came alive as neighbors, families, local organizations, and community leaders gathered to imagine the future of Altadena's historic Black cultural district. Together, they shared ideas for creating a greener, safer, and more welcoming corridor with more trees, safer crossings, stormwater solutions, and public spaces that honor the community's history while supporting future generations. 
Community members also connected with representatives from the Altadena Town Council, LA County's Regional Planning, Senator Sasha Renée Pérez attended and as well as Miles from Assemblymember John Harabedian’s office. The strong turnout engagement reflects the deep pride residents have in Altadena and a shared commitment to rebuilding a corridor that is safer, greener and rooted in the community's vision for generations to come.

What Are PFAS - And Why Should Altadena Care?

   PFAS are synthetic chemicals found in thousands of everyday products: cookware, electronics, carpeting, building materials. When the Eaton Fire burned through Altadena, those products incinerated and released PFAS directly into the soil. They are called forever chemicals for a reason: they never break down. Every rainstorm since January 2025 has carried them deeper into the ground and into the watershed that supplies our drinking water. The contamination is ongoing. And it is solvable.