Sources: Block Party Guide, Oakland CA and Block Party Planning Tips from Block Party NYC. These resources include forms and other tools. For local restrictions and guides, try searching the term “block party permit” and the name of your city/town. Click on this, for example.
10 Reasons To Have a Block Party
To have fun – [...]
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Easy Steps
Sponsor community dinners.
Slow Food
Community meals
Establish a community newsletter, bulletin board, and community roster.
Establish a neighborhood watch program.
National Sheriffs’ Association Neighborhood Watch Program
Start neighborhood investment clubs, community sports [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Extracted from 150 Things You Can Do to Build Social Capital, The Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement In America, an initiative of Professor Robert D. Putnam at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The project focuses on expanding what we know about our levels of trust and community engagement and on developing [...]
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Easy Steps
Sponsor community dinners.
Establish a community newsletter, bulletin board, and community roster.
Establish a neighborhood watch program.
Start neighborhood investment clubs, community sports activities and [...]
