Dream With Me
One-on-one sessions at the Center invite people to share ambitions, ideas, and the future they want to help shape.
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The WOW Heritage Center at Rosewood Courts
Come BuildWhat's Next.
What once was is the foundation for what's being built now. Join E4 Youth and the Rosewood community as a permanent home for storytelling, learning, and opportunity takes shape.
Rosewood Courts, August 1943 · Archival photograph
Building in public
The doors open October 18. The work is already underway.
The WOW Heritage Center is E4 Youth's first permanent home, located at 1141 Chicon Street, Building 1, in East Austin's African American Cultural Heritage District.
Before the grand opening, neighbors, young people, educators, artists, culture-bearers, and partners are being invited into the process. Come see the space, share what matters, and help shape its first season.
Learn about the Center →1141Chicon Street, Building 1
Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Oct. 18WOW Heritage Center
grand opening
grand opening
NowCommunity engagement
underway
underway
Upcoming opportunities
Step inside the story.
These early gatherings are part of how the Center is being built: with the community, in the community, before opening day.
Community Session
The first Rosewood Community Engagement Series gathering brings neighbors into the work before opening day.
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Step inside the Heritage Center, learn what is taking shape, and connect with the people building it.
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Experience what is already here
History appears where it happened.
While the Center takes shape, the Our Stories, Our Streets AR tour is ready to explore. Walk through East Austin with Jacob Fontaine as your guide at six historic places.
- Six place-based stories
- A self-guided East Austin route
- Built for phones, classrooms, and community exploration
Rooted in place
A permanent home for memory and possibility.
The Center will house immersive storytelling, digital skills programming, exhibits, kiosks, and Heritage & Innovation Pathways. Its work begins with the history held at Rosewood Courts and grows through the people who enter the space.
The archive and stories will grow over time. Right now, the invitation is simple: come closer, join a conversation, and help shape what comes next.
Join the conversation →Build with us
Help shape the first chapter.
Neighbors, alumni, artists, educators, culture-bearers, and partners are being invited into the first circle around the WOW Heritage Center.