project leader
Tk B
location
1156 Robin Hood Lane
(Sherwood Forest Neighborhood, University District, Memphis, TN)
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Thank You!

the project

Campaign to 'name & claim' the neighborhood by replacing signage that once welcomed guests in and welcomed residents home to Sherwood Forest.  Scholarship points to the creation of 'defenceable space' as the first important tool for crime deterrence.  SFNA intends rise to this challenge by drawing this boundary around our neighborhood using signage, and eventually, statuary, that communicates our membership in a village we are willing to name and defend. We anticipate this will lead to crime and blight reduction, build capacity within our organization and increase paid membership, and ultimately a healthier, safer community with strong identity they will continue to defend, enhance and invest in for generations to come.   

 

the steps

Before project launch: Create marketing materials and detailed project timeline.  After funding is secured: 1. Secure easements from city and property owners for sign placement on private properties and on utility poles.  2. Assemble recyclable parts, create parts order list, order additional parts. 3. Contract with neighborhood resident welder to restore two original signs and fabricate four additional copies.  4.Schedule placement ceremonies/neighborhood festival.  

 

why we're doing it

  To increase neighborhood identity within the population of the neighborhood, to demonstrate the value added in association membership and to communicate out to the city that this neighborhood is 'defenceable space." 

 

 

budget



New wrought iron lettering for 6 signs, replacement letters for the 7th, plus tubing and ornamental metal reliefs for sign construction $200 each for 6, $100 for repairs for the recyclable.  $1,300.00
Labor for wroght iron fabrication $1,300.00
8 metal 2' X2' SFNA Neighborhood Watch signs plus brackets to affix to poles $400.00
TOTAL COST: $3,000.00


SUBTOTAL = $3,000
ioby Platform Fee  $35
3rd Party Payment Processing Fee (3%) $90
TOTAL TO RAISE = $3,125

 

DISBURSEMENT BUDGET (as of 4/8/15): 



RAISED = $3,225.00
ioby Platform Fee  $35.00
3rd Party Payment Processing Fee (3%) $92.91
TOTAL TO DISBURSE = $3,097.09


ITEM COST
New wrought iron lettering for 6 signs, replacement letters for the 7th, plus tubing and ornamental metal reliefs for sign construction $200 each for 6, $100 for reparis for the recyclable.  $1,300.00
Labor for wroght iron fabrication $1,300.00
   
8 metal 2' X2' SFNA Neighborhood Watch signs plus brackets to affix to poles $400.00
Promotional/advertising for sign dedications/Front Porch $97.09

 

updates

Thank You!

Many heartfelt thanks to you for being Sherwood Forest's partner in progress, and to ioby, for seeing the value of our Gateways project and matching your generous donations. We are eager to get this project started and we hope you share in the pride of knowing your gift helped make our community safer, stronger and more unified each time you arrive from any direction into Sherwood Forest. Our new signage will greet you and welcome you- in as our guest or home as our neighbor.

photos

This is where photos will go once we build flickr integration

donors

  • Jonathan & Sherrye Cross
  • Kathleen M.
  • Kathleen M.
  • Anonymous
  • Don Morgan
  • John U.
  • A Mighty Mighty Archer
  • Ashley Whitten Kopera
  • S. Powers
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • M. Stratton
  • Buddy McClain, Sarah Parr, Barry Godwin
  • Colliers
  • Kathleen M.
  • Elena S.
  • Debra V.
  • PAULA H.
  • Linda R.
  • Anonymous
  • JERRY FISCHER
  • Dean and Dana Griffin
  • Michelle Chandler Ficklen4316
  • Anonymous
  • Travon McCoy
  • Cindy Dixon Conner Burnett
  • Doug and Sue Easley
  • Anonymous
  • Kathleen M.
  • Tk, Janine & Trudy Buchanan