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Neighborhood
Interaction to Build Sense of Community
(15)
1. Have a dog play-date day at the park
2. Summer Campfires
in the Garden
3. House Concerts
4. Potluck at the Community Table
5. Canoe & Float
Day
6. Progressive Dinner
7. Picnic at the Garden
8. Block Party
9. Create a Geocache
10. Creative Garbage Cans Competition
11. Neighborhood Rummage Sale
Information,
Enforcement & Education (14)
1. Create Website
2. Create Newsletter
3. Pressure residents to remove old cars from
yards
4. Host workshop about small home improvements
anyone can do
5. Assist tenants w/ acquiring knowledge about
renter rights
6. Pressure landlords to upkeep properties
7. Pressure on dog owners to pick up poop!
8. Provide hand-outs to neighborhood w/ numbers
to call for reporting, assistance & ordinances
9. Increase neighborhood knowledge about E.C.
recycling policies
10. Cleaner Yards/ Keep Shrubs Down
11. Create Neighborhood Revitalization plan
and send to residents
Clean-Up (13)
1. Quality item pick-up (if u don't want it
anymore but don't know what to do with it…)
2. Clean-up river shore
3. Alley clean-up
4. Bulk item pick-up
5. Earth day clean-up
Community
Gardening, interactive activity! (12)
1. Plant and encourage neighborhood rain gardens
2. Introduce "prairie" plants into
the community garden areas
3. Host workshop on composting/encourage residents
to utilize garden compost
4. Create a community shop/shed where neighbors
have access to tools
5. Maintain the kids garden
Beautification
(9)
1. Plant flowers around the neighborhood
2. Get sculpture or statue for park/garden
area
3. Plant trees around neighborhood
4. Paint a Mural
5. Improve neighborhood Image
Future
Development (7)
1. Develop a fishing area
2. Push for a grocery
store in our area
3. Get some bike lanes
4. Expand neighborhood lines/boundaries
Sustainable
living (4)
1. Create relationship with local businesses
2. No Drive Day! Encourage biking/walking/etc.
all who participate get name entered into
drawing
3. Reduce your carbon foot-print week: involve
businesses
4. Support your local businesses day
5. Make a connection with Longfellow School
6. Decrease pesticide use/ harsh chemicals
in yard and driveway
Good
Neighbors (2)
1. Snow removal assistance
2. Yard clean-up assistance
3. Encourage young people to be involved in
their neighborhood
4. Volunteer at Community Table for a meal
5. Involve North Barstow area in a clean-up:
include businesses
6. Volunteer at the warming shack/B-side
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