Upchurch Sands Neighbors

Suggested Neighborhood Activities & Projects

Jan 24, 2005

Here are some suggestions for Neighborhood Projects and Activities. If you are interested in organizing or participating in any of these activities, please discuss it in our Talk About It section.

*Neighborhood garage sale

*Neighborhood festivals and block parties, art exhibits, crafts, clown face painting for
children, hot dog and drink sales, games, etc.

*Ice cream social

*Home improvement demonstrations - wallpapering, stenciling, house painting, tile laying,
landscaping, etc.

*Clean Up, Green Up ?– get involved in the annual city-wide clean up

*Neighborhood Watch - organizes the community by groups to have neighbors get acquainted,
discuss common problems, and help protect their neighborhood by being aware of unusual or
suspicious activity

*Adopt a local park, do a clean up and plant and maintain a flower bed

*Create a directory of names, addresses, and phone numbers of neighborhood residents(with their permission) and provide a copy to everyone in the neighborhood.

*Are there neighborhood residents that are unable to keep up with some of the maintenance on
their property? Your neighborhood might want to form a neighbor helping neighbor committee. It is amazing how fast a group of volunteers can fix a fence, put up storm windows, or even paint a house.

*Start a neighborhood garden ?– be sure to involve neighborhood youth

*Weekly produce exchange from neighbors?’ summer gardens or a co-op to purchase from the farmers' market.

*Establish a service exchange (services might include teaching a particular skill, child care, home repairs, gardening, auto maintenance, etc).

*Establish a neighborhood tool lending library for home improvement projects.

*Hold an outdoor concert, performance, or art show hosted by the neighborhood children.