‘First in Line‘ provides a framework: the ‘first’ trigger of a regional linear urbanism that responds to the critical challenges facing the Mid-Paraíba Valley, Brazil. Capitalizing on residual infrastructure, a regional network of programs and spaces is created through a ‘toolkit’ of flatbed modules. This toolkit is local, tactile, and context-specific, yet forms an open- ended system that can trigger an array of socio- spatial, economic, and ecological possibilities at a regional scale. Through the re-claiming of its forgotten infrastructure, the Mid-Paraíba may break free from the shackles of its industrial past, towards an alternative regional identity. e.