Thank you for helping to spread the word about the City’s community feedback survey and upcoming community workshop regarding the design for the permanent Place of Remembrance. Feedback from the design element survey and community workshop will help inform the working group’s recommendation to the City Council.
Links to the design survey in English and Spanish are available at hpremembrance.org/hpdesignsurvey.
Please use the resources on this page to share information about the survey and workshop with your network, staff, and constituents.
Thank you again for your support!
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Share Your Voice: Help Shape the Design of the Highland Park Place of Remembrance
The City of Highland Park, in partnership with SWA Group and All Together, is working to design a permanent Place of Remembrance — a space to honor the memory of those whose lives were taken in the Highland Park shooting, and to reflect on the resiliency of our community, especially those who were injured.
As part of this design process, we are inviting all community members to share their input on the future Place of Remembrance. Your feedback will help shape the design of two connected sites:
A prominent, primary place of remembrance at the Rose Garden, adjacent to City Hall
A subtle, secondary place of remembrance at Port Clinton Plaza
A survey with guided and open-ended questions about the design of the permanent Place of Remembrance is available in English and Spanish.
The survey will be open through April 19, 2026. Looking ahead, community members will have another opportunity later this spring to provide feedback on design concepts once those are ready. Updates on the Design Engagement Process will be available at hpremembrance.org.
Survey responses are anonymous. Open-ended responses will be shared in their entirety with the project team and City Council to help inform the design. Please complete the survey only once.
All members of our community are welcome to participate — whether you live, work, or visit Highland Park.
For more information about the planning process, visit hpremembrance.org or email remembrance@cityhpil.com.
Thinking about the Place of Remembrance may bring up difficult feelings for some community members. The City's Resiliency Division is here to support you. Visit resilienthpil.org or email resiliency@cityhpil.com to learn more.
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Haga Oír Su Voz. Ayude a Dar Forma al Diseño del Espacio de Conmemoración
La ciudad de Highland Park, en colaboración con SWA Group y All Together, está diseñando un Espacio de Conmemoración permanente – un espacio para honrar la memoria de las vidas que fueron arrebatadas en el tiroteo de Highland Park y para reflexionar sobre la resiliencia de nuestra comunidad, especialmente los que resultaron heridos.
Como parte de este proceso de diseño, invitamos a todos los miembros de la comunidad a compartir sus aportaciones sobre el futuro Espacio de Conmemoración. Sus comentarios ayudarán a dar forma al diseño de dos sitios interconectados:
Un lugar de conmemoración destacado y principal en el Jardín de las Rosas, junto al Ayuntamiento.
Un lugar de conmemoración sutil y secundario en la Plaza Port Clinton.
Una encuesta con preguntas guiadas y abiertas sobre el diseño del Espacio de Conmemoración permanente está disponible en inglés y español.
La encuesta estará abierta hasta el 19 de abril de 2026. Los miembros de la comunidad tendrán otra oportunidad más adelante esta primavera para ofrecer sus comentarios sobre los conceptos de diseño, una vez que estos estén listos. Las actualizaciones sobre el proceso de participación en el diseño estarán disponibles en hpremembrance.org.
Las respuestas a la encuesta son anónimas. Las respuestas de formato abierto se compartirán en su totalidad con el equipo del proyecto y el Concejo Municipal para ayudar a orientar el diseño. Por favor, complete la encuesta una sola vez.
Todos los miembros de nuestra comunidad son bienvenidos a participar — ya sea que vivan, trabajen o visiten Highland Park.
Para más información sobre el proceso de planificación, visite hpremembrance.org o envíenos un correo electrónico a remembrance@cityhpil.com.
Reflexionar sobre el Espacio de Conmemoración puede despertar sentimientos difíciles en algunos miembros de la comunidad. La División de Resiliencia de la Ciudad está aquí para brindarle apoyo. Visite resilienthpil.org o envíe un correo electrónico a resiliency@cityhpil.com para obtener más información.
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The City of Highland Park invites community members to share their input on the design of a permanent Place of Remembrance — a space to honor the memory of those whose lives were taken in the Highland Park shooting, and to reflect on the resiliency of our community, especially those who were injured.
Visit hpremembrance.org/hpdesignsurvey to share your feedback. The survey is available in English and Spanish, and will be open through April 19, 2026.
For more information or support, contact the City's Resiliency Division at resilienthpil.org.
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Let your voice shape what comes next as we design a permanent Place of Remembrance. Your voice matters. We’re inviting members of the community to share their input on how the space at the Rose Garden and a subtle, secondary site at Port Clinton should look and feel as we honor the memory of those whose lives were taken and reflect on the resiliency of our community.
Complete the survey at hpremembrance.org/hpdesignsurvey, available in English and Spanish through April 19, 2026.
For more information or support, contact the City's Resiliency Division at resilienthpil.org.
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The City of Highland Park, in partnership with SWA Group and All Together, is designing the prominent, primary Place of Remembrance at the Rose Garden, with a subtle, secondary site at Port Clinton Plaza.
Your feedback will help shape the designs that serve as spaces for reflection, remembrance, and a reminder of our resilience.
Share your thoughts on elements that will inform the design at hpremembrance.org/hpdesignsurvey, now through April 19, 2026. For more information or support, contact the City's Resiliency Division at resilienthpil.org.
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The design survey invites all community members to share their input on how the permanent Place of Remembrance should look, how it should feel, and what it should mean. The survey includes guided and open-ended questions to help the design team understand what matters most to our community — from the values and stories this space should reflect, to how people hope to experience it. Your responses will directly inform the work of SWA Group, the landscape architecture firm leading the design.
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The design and construction of the Highland Park Place of Remembrance is led by SWA Group, a landscape architecture firm based in San Francisco, California, with team members across the country, including Chicago. Community engagement and communications are led by All Together, a place-based creative agency headquartered in Evanston.
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Community input is a vital part of this process — the final design will reflect the voices of those directly impacted, as well as the broader community. All open-ended survey responses will be shared in their entirety with the project team and City Council. However, responses will remain anonymous and shared without identifiable information. The design team will use community feedback to shape design elements, which will be considered at public meetings of the working group and City Council.
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The Place of Remembrance will span two connected sites in Highland Park: the primary site at the Rose Garden, adjacent to City Hall, and a subtle, secondary site at Port Clinton Plaza.
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Yes. Survey responses are completely anonymous. Open-ended responses will be shared in their entirety with the project team and City Council, but no personally identifying information will be included. Please complete the survey only once.
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No. All members of our community are welcome to participate — whether you live, work, visit, or belong to a faith community or other organization in Highland Park.
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Yes. We welcome input from all community members, regardless of whether you were in Highland Park at the time of the shooting.
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City Council has final decision-making authority on the design of the Place of Remembrance. The working group – including the mayor, City Council members, City staff, and community partners – will review community feedback and concept designs and provide recommendations to the City Council.
All working group meetings are open to the public.
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In addition to the community survey, members of the community are invited to the Community Workshop:
Thursday, April 16 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM
The Moraine at the Highland Park Senior Center
1201 Park Avenue West
Highland Park, ILLater this spring, when the team has presented concept designs for community consideration, you will have another opportunity to participate in a community workshop and survey.
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Planning for the Place of Remembrance is a multi-year process, and the City is committed to moving forward with the sense of urgency this project deserves. A construction timeline will be determined as the design process progresses. For the most up-to-date information, visit hpremembrance.org or email remembrance@cityhpil.com.
Thinking about the Place of Remembrance may bring up difficult feelings. The City's Resiliency Division is here to support you. Visit resilienthpil.org, email resiliency@cityhpil.com, or contact Resiliency Specialist Jazmin Alejandro, LSW, at jalejandro@cityhpil.com or 847.875.1043.
Communications Guidance
The City’s communications guidance is a reference document to help facilitate compassionate and trauma-informed communication about the Highland Park shooting. The guidance encourages those who are speaking or writing about the shooting to consider common words, phrases, or images that may inadvertently cause retraumatization for some.
The guidance is informed by recommendations from experts at the Department of Justice - Office of Victims of Crime, mental health clinicians, and extensive research. It includes an introduction to best practices, suggestions for trauma-informed substitutions for common phrases, and reference articles on relevant topics. The City maintains the guidance as a living document, and the information is periodically updated to reflect new recommendations or feedback from people impacted by the shooting and the community as a whole. Individuals with feedback are encouraged to email Communications Manager, Amanda Bennett, at abennett@cityhpil.com.
The guidance is available as a downloadable PDF, with an online version available at hpremembrance.org/communications-guidance.