It’s real people behind the artful messages you see on the neighbourhood chalkboards. Thank you Meg Leslie & Julian van Mossel-Forrester for the colourful additions to our street corners and trails. We’re looking for more a couple more chalkboard artists to join the roster for message changes. Email midtownkw@gmail.com
Improve a public place in your ‘hood with grants between $1,000 and $20,000. That should get your attention! Through our City’s new Neighbourhood Placemaking Challenge, “residents can turn everyday spaces into destinations and gathering places where people want to spend time.” This could be anything from sprucing up a corner of the neighbourhood with a piece … More Placemaking Challenge = Make a neighbourhood place BETTER!
We did it! We built three more outdoor chalkboards to be installed around our Midtown neighbourhood. We built one chalkboard last year and discovered it was a great way to reach neighbours who regularly walk around the ‘hood but might not be connected online. It actually brought some new folks out to events, just because … More Chalk one up for community building
You may remember chatting with neighbours about the giant chalkboard at the WALES potluck in February, or you may have filled out the survey back in January. Well, we have received the Neighbourhood Matching Fund Grant from the City of Kitchener and United Way, and we are all set to assemble three more big chalkboards and … More It’s time to build some chalkboards (on June 17)!
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