We are a grassroots group dedicated to helping community members make small-scale projects and events happen together. Our mission revolves around three key goals: Building lasting, exciting civic improvements, building civic engagement skills, and building diverse community.
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Community members share their project ideas with us online, at festivals, and wherever we can meet them. The ideas can be anything, so long as they are open to the public, are inclusive, and take place in or improve a public space. Every so often, we hold a Community Ideas Summit. Volunteers who pledge to join a Project Team get to vote on recently submitted ideas, and the winners are kicked off at the summit! DIY Lowell facilitators help the Project Teams make the winning ideas a reality with technical assistance and funding. Many of these projects, such as Points of Light Lantern Celebration, take on a life of their own outside of DIY Lowell. This is our goal: each project is a small experiment that, if successful, leads the way to bigger changes in Lowell.
Current Projects
Downtown Pedestrian Zone team members are working with the City to create a temporary walking/patio area in downtown Lowell. This could be many areas, possibly on Merrimack Street from John to Shattuck Streets, allowing walkers, bikes, and emergency vehicles only. During the patio time, there would be vendors, music, or other attractions.
We’ve always been stronger when we come together. This is why DIY Lowell is hosting, Let’s Talk Lowell, a series of round table community connection conversations about preserving our vibrancy. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments served and child-friendly activities are available. Interpretation available upon request.
The Lowell Community Festival and Event Planners Resource Group is a collaboration with Mosaic Lowell to bring together festivals and events of all types to teach and learn from one another. This includes both regular workshop panels to share best practices and skills and space for creating new collaborations.
