Young people in Sandwell were able to enter a virtual environment and using a range of virtual building tools and objects were able to try out new ideas on how to develop the site.
The story is retold in the latest issue of The Edge, The National Youth Agency's (NYA) newspaper about youth affairs for local authority elected members.
Councillor Derek Rowley, Sandwell Council's cabinet member for safer communities, said: "This project is groundbreaking. Never before has computer gaming technology come together with community consultation in this way. The end result is that we get the opinions of people who wouldn't usually speak out."
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