Building an AI powered activity generator tool for intentional urban community experiences
Multi-device
Social Impact
2025
3 min read
Context
Sunday Streets transforms neighborhoods into spaces for connection and learning.
Project Impact
A more engaging Sunday Streets creates a more fulfilling experience &
50% increase
in footfall and 40+ new exhibitor signups
OPPORTUNITY
Create a tool that transforms casual participation into genuine connection and engagement.
Our initial brief
Promote deeper social engagement through events at Sunday streets.
THE AUDIENCE
People of all demographics
Children, Young Adults, Seniors, Families
THE LOCATION
6 neighborhoods across SF
Tenderloin, Mission, Bayview, Western Addition, SOMA, Excelsior
Understanding the current scenario
We conducted 13+ stakeholder interviews with the Sunday Streets team and other community groups.
Our goal was to understand how Sunday Streets are planned & executed, the teams main pain-points and their goals and to understand what other organisations were doing differently/similarly.
Director of Livable City (Organisers of Sunday Streets)
"Sunday Streets isn’t the point -community pride is. We want to facilitate. Each event should be so strong it stands on its own."
Manager of Sunday Streets
"Sometimes organisations don't bring anything, so I have to constantly remind them, that we need interactive activities"
Photos from other interviews
what we learnt
Sunday Streets was meant to bring neighbors together and strengthen local bonds.
With SF’s rich diversity, the event aimed to celebrate and share community pride.
By promoting a car-free city, Sunday Streets encouraged environmentally conscious choices.”
THE PROBLEM
Sunday Streets has become repetitive, non-engaging experiences for the user.
TESTING
To learn why exhibitors struggled, we interviewed them and experimented with creating booths ourselves.
Our booth at Lower Haight's art fair with people engaging with our activity
Setting up the booth
what we learnt
The Exhibitor's problems
Limited time
Exhibitors juggle this as an extra responsibility beyond their core work.
High perceived cost
Creating something engaging feels too resource-intensive.
Creative block
Struggling to generate fresh ideas for every event.
Defining the project
Testing our proposed solution
We facilitated a co-creation workshop to test our initial ideas with the Sunday Streets team and other target users
Facilitating a Co-creation workshop
More Scrappy testing & interviewing
final solution
HOW IT WORKS
Creates tailored engaging Sunday Streets activity that is aligned with organization’s goals and mission
WORKING Within Constraints
We recognized the non-profit might lack the resources to implement this tool.
The OPPORTUNITY
Using vibe coding tools, I prototyped our solution enabling Sunday Streets to use it in 2026.
DEVELOPING OUR SOLUTION
I built a fully coded MVP that generates creative, personalized activities with images helping exhibitors visualize their booth.
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