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Committee: Culture & Community Facilities
Cost: $81,000
Location: Residents to request as needed
Short Description: A vehicle or trailer, equipped with supplies needed for bringing neighbors together at outdoor block parties.
Long Description:
Block parties are designed to unite neighbors, strengthen communities, help promote safety, improve communication, and celebrate collective efforts within the community. When community members apply for a block party permit, they can also sign up to borrow the trailer and equipment from the City.
This project will be beneficial in neighborhoods with low-income residents, especially households/families with youth and young adults like Area IV and areas with a large concentration of seniors, during favorable weather conditions. A stronger sense of community could subsequently attract more people to the neighborhood and invariably increase property values and reputation.
The block party trailer/vehicle would come equipped with:
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