The Aspire Initiative was selected as one of only six finalists competing for the $10 million Chicago Prize from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation. Led by Austin Coming Together, Westside Health Authority and By The Hand Club for Kids are fast-tracking priority projects from the Austin Forward. Together. Quality-of-Life Plan in which Teska was the lead urban design and planning consultant. Teska was retained to undertake market studies and business plans for over $100 million in planned investments in workforce development, early learning and housing, combining foundation, public and other private sources of capital, as well as engage the community in the design of these projects.