Connect the Dots | Van Nuys
Connect the Dots | Van Nuys brings neighbors together with cyclists and designers to reimagine Van Nuys Boulevard at its fullest potential, solving our city's transit, public space, and water-supply needs.
Connect the Dots | Van Nuys brings neighbors together with cyclists and designers to reimagine Van Nuys Boulevard at its fullest potential, solving our city's transit, public space, and water-supply needs.
Pacoima Street Values: Supporting Vending, Arts and Public Space through Informal Use.
A day-long activation of the entire corridor that focuses on pedestrian, cyclist, and public space enhancements.
FIG JAM is a free event on North Figueroa by creating vibrant connections by drawing on its past, present & future.
YES for a Healthier South LA is a youth-driven event on Central Avenue in South LA that will demonstrate how public space can be reimagined as safe, vibrant and active for all members of the community.
REvisit Reseda Blvd will use custom Flex Furniture pieces as performance/display spaces to draw people into the streetscape and help them rediscover the iconic Northridge business corridor.
Providing a safe, fun place for children to play and for parents to get the much needed support they need. We also aim to keep much needed goods from landfills that families need.
Engage local community members in the process of developing context-sensitive street solutions; host a vibrant event and educate community members around traffic calming and complete streets safety.
Make It Mar Vista is a one-day festival, taking place Saturday, November 28, 2015. It will be a day of true community engagement along our Great Street of Venice Boulevard.
The project includes filth and locker removal, plumbing repair, AC and pest-control. In addition, floors, fresh paint, new lockers, and secure doors.
Using Natural Beekeeping and Community Gardening as a metaphor for Collective Work and Community Building, One-BEEing, Hartford promotes Environmental Awareness, Food Justice and Sustainability.
Capitol Hill Tool Library: lending tools, sharing ideas, building community.
The Permaculture Park Project in Ithaca, NY demonstrates ecological landscaping practices in a public park. The park is a model for other cities to create beautiful and sustainable parks while addressing hunger.
At a Repair Cafe, volunteer fixers gather at an event with hands and tools at the ready, and the community is invited to bring items in need of repair.
Help us buy James a lawnmower so he can keep Carnes Garden beautiful. He lives next door to Carnes Garden and has become the garden caretaker. James has helped us every step of the way.
Bringing healthy, affordable food to Denver's food desert communities while providing meaningful jobs to low-income youth.
By transforming unused spaces into sustainable urban farms we combine education with food production in order to feed residents of one of the United State's hungriest communities. We grow food and we grow growers.
Art Olympic Festival is a free community art festival happening in the East Deutschtown neighborhood of Pittsburgh on August 29th, 2015.
2015 is Burke's Book Store's 140th Anniversary year and we want to help build out local green infrastructure so that our neighborhood will continue strong for another 140 years!
North Side Sound System aims to make high quality sound and projection equipment available to community groups, organizations, and residents in Troy Hill and the surrounding North Side, Pittsburgh area.
Why does subway fare cost what it does? Who decides?
Fifteen Bronx public high school students will investigate that issue this summer, with your help!
Promoting economic vitality, transportation options, and great places for people along West Colfax through "pop-up" design.
Using video media to paint a picture of the possibilities and opportunities in Deutschtown, especially encouraging Northsiders and others to invest in new businesses.
Help us put the park in Historic Meridian Park!
During a one-day workshop minority moms will learn tangible skills needed to run their homes efficiently. Moms will learn techniques in meal planning, basic home budgeting, DIY cleaning products and meditation.
Building our community asset: 36 raised beds, a compost area, a fence, a shed, and a picnic area.
Drive Literacy Memphis would like to gradually close the literacy gap by providing young children with books and study materials, such as flash cards and study books.
Paint Memphis will establish Memphis' largest collaborative mural, and with the Chelsea greenline, wlil help revive the New Chicago/North Midtown neighborhood, making it a safe place to work and live.
Replace broken backbaords at Pierotti Park so they are as nice as the new court designed by Anthony Lee.
Giant Puppet Dance Club is a free weekly dance class where participants ages 8 to adult work with a puppetmaker and a choreographer to dance and perform for the community.
Our project aims to beautify the 6 entry points of Corlears Hook Park with new planting beds, thus making them more visually welcoming and appealing entryway into the Park.
I have plans to create a beautiful perennial garden at the former Reservoir site. I want to make changes in the community and pursue others to do the same.
Phase 2: Incorporating into a nonprofit to serve the Minneapolis community for the long term!
Steps to be taken at the site:
The Biggs Hillside Garden is a project of ReClaim Northside, transforming a vacant lot into a tranquil garden space. Neighbors can stop and sit in the garden or pass by going up and down the Biggs Stairs.
This fundraiser would allow us to replace damaged barrels used by neighbors to plant small flower gardens in their front yards and make the block green and beautiful.
Phase One: Money raised will go toward funding the sculptor to begin work and will be matched by a local donor, so whatever you donate now will have twice the impact toward the project!
Our City Steps mural sits at an important intersection for several North Side communities plus North Hills commuters. We hope to improve the appearance of our neighborhood, and instill pride in our residents.
Spring / Summer gardening project to brighten and freshen street tree beds along Montgomery Street in Brooklyn.
My specific request that I am fundraising for is this. I would like to have a Little free Library as the centerpience in this gateway garden in order to engage the community to interact within the garden space.
Civic Art Lab is a community arts and environmental education storefront in Bed-Stuy, BK.
Nurturing eco-consciousness in children through garden education, nature exploration and old fashioned play.
WHEC brings a positive message and empowers our community...one block at a time. We connect youth and community in West Harlem with needed resources, empowering them to reach their greatest potential.
Developing our youth's work experience and our annual market's workflow to meet the demands of our community.
Creating a space for residents to garden and work together for community enrichment.