Jessica Myers
The Ravine Commons | Oakville
Jessica Myers is a city-building strategist and founder of The Sandbox Collective, a research and advisory practice exploring how people experience, connect to, and build relationships with place. With more than a decade of experience in economic development, community engagement, communications, and neighbourhood revitalization, her work focuses on the everyday experiences that shape belonging. Jessica is particularly interested in how memory, family life, nature, and shared rituals can help create stronger, more connected communities.
About the Project
The Ravine Commons is a series of seasonal gatherings designed to help Glen Abbey residents connect with one another and the natural spaces in their own backyard. Through a spring nature challenge, summer storytelling night, fall pumpkin walk, and winter lantern walk, the project creates simple, recurring reasons for neighbours to come together throughout the year. Rooted in the idea that strong communities are built through shared experiences and traditions, The Ravine Commons uses nature, storytelling, and seasonal rituals to foster belonging, strengthen neighbourhood connections, and help residents build a deeper relationship with the place they call home.