On November 2nd, 2022, PhD Candidate Alexandria 'Ola' Smialek faciliated a small group discussion with the residents of Westfield about Westfield's strengths and weaknesses in a Master Plan workshop. Town officials also took part of this conversation, using  poster boards and roundtable discussions to evaluate the master plan for the town.

The full story with images can be found here: https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2022/11/riverfront-rail-trail-university-seen-as-central-to-westfield-master-plan-vision.html