CROP UP marked the first phase of planning at Detroit’s Oakland Avenue Farm with an exhibition curated by Akoaki and staged in a defunct supermarket. Featured the work of Detroit artists, performers, designers, and chefs, including: Dr. Kno, Emily Rogers, Andrew Black, Ute Petit, Nick George, and Maxcel Hardy, the exhibition opening suggested that architecture and planning might find ways to work in cohorts with local cultural producers in order to imagine a more enduring urban future. Free and open to the public, Crop Up also explored new ways of framing community engagement.