Site Visit to LaCrosse,WA

Teen Center Case Studies

I am currently working on a hypothetical renovating project, creating a teen center in the place of old rock structures in LaCrosse, WA in attempts to revitalize their town.  Here there is decreasing in population each year.  I think it is time to re-amp their economy starting first with the next generation to populate their town-the youth.  I am researching other small town teen centers in order to compare and differentiate their mission statements to see why each town created their teen center, and how it has then affected their community and the individual teens within it.  Thus far, I have found that these teen centers have been created to encourage teens to participate in substance free activities as well as develop themselves into the best they can be socially as well as physically through various activities. Here is a poster I have created with the original stone work from the structures in LaCrosse, WA on the right which is the inspiration for my project.  These very stones are the foundation of the old and the new coming together emphasizing the rich history of the very foundation of LaCrosse, WA.