Building Blocks: The All-City Block Party

This Idea has been incorporated into Signature Festivals. 

Idea Overview

Publish a yearly guide to holding community-building activities through a simple block party form that provides "how to" and ideas

Idea Round Up Concept Sheet

Who worked on idea?

Ka Woods, Sam Matthews, Andrew Macurak, April B

What is the idea?

Publish a yearly guide to holding community-building activities through a simple block party form that provides "how to" and ideas

How would idea work?

• Launched yearly with simultaneous block parties in every neighborhood
• Function to unify divergent stakeholders through personal interaction
• Published guide available online and in print and distributed diversely

Pluses:

• Breaks down cultural and generational barriers
• Fosters togetherness and community ownership
• Publicity - public relations

Concerns:

• Research for Content
• Distribution issues
• Public apathy

Community opportunities:

Various groups within each neighborhood, which now stand divided by cultural and generational barriers, would be united