# Competition for young people under the age of 30 to reimagine public space in Toronto

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2014-04-30

architect-this-city, design, distl, gen-y, loop, mackenzie-keast, nxt-city, nxtcityto, public-space-competition, toronto, uncategorized

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If you are under 30, you love Toronto and you care about public spaces in this city, I would encourage you to check out the [NXT City Prize](http://www.nxtcityprize.com). It’s a public space competition being organized by a number of local organizations including [Distl.](http://distl.co) (and my friend [Mackenzie Keast](https://twitter.com/mackenziekeast)), [Loop](http://www.weareloop.ca), [Gen Y](http://www.genyinc.com), and the [City of Toronto](http://www.toronto.ca).

> _Toronto needs great ideas for its public spaces. Ideas that are big, bold and unconventional. Ideas from champions, outsiders and geniuses. Ideas that recognize Toronto’s greatness–and its potential for the future._

The competition opens today and anybody (under 30) can enter. The winner will receive $5,000 in cash, and then $10,000 to work on actually implementing the idea(s). What’s cool and unique about this competition is that it’s not just an ideas competition. It’s a competition based on doing and executing.

[Click here](http://www.nxtcityprize.com//NXTCITY_Brief.pdf) to download the competition brief.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/competition-for-young-people-under-the-age-of-30-to-reimagine-public-space-in-toronto)*