Over the years the Oak Savanna site has been the focus of student research and projects as well as seasonal gatherings and work groups. We recognized that reclaiming the urban forest for food, medicine, ceremony, and healthy lifeways had found a timely synergy with agencies and community partners working in culturally responsible restoration, education, reclamation and protection practices. Indigenous students and community members visited the Harrison Street Building to envision an ITECK Center embedded within the Oak Savanna. Located on the south end of the site that runs along the Walk of the Heroines, we imagined the possibilities of a building to host diverse gathering spaces for people, plants, and items of cultural significance for learning, understanding and healing. Community and students imagined indoor spaces: a kitchen, Indigenous library, a classroom and seating areas transitioning seamlessly into the outdoors, featuring culturally significant native plants, storytelling circle, and an outdoor kitchen for traditional Salmon bakes and Camas roasting.