Previous Years’ Ideas

Lowell Voices

Idea:

Develop an audio podcast series of the voices of the Lowell community with cooperation of area resources, individuals and their stories. Results will be understanding of individuals in the community, who are working to make their lives and the lives of their community better. They will meet with park rangers and develop a level of [Read more…]

Benefit:

We have selected the Acre community as our community of choice for our current outreach and engagement efforts. Partnering with LTC with access to their “podcast” studio, we will partner with community organizations which have been identified for their mission in the community. From there, we will identify active organization [Read more…]

Location:

Acre, OldIdea.

Lowell Women Together

Idea:

Someone cuts out a large profile of a woman (from plywood or a strong cardboard?). Then it’s cut into puzzle pieces. People take a piece and paint/color/collage/write on it any way they want (including the color purple somewhere in the design). Then we have a big puzzle putting-together party and assemble. Display it somewhere in [Read more…]

Benefit:

Would elevate the lives of Lowell women and girls, bring awareness, provide an opportunity for creativity and fun.
Location:

Downtown / JAM, OldIdea.

Make Your Own Mill Girl Doll

Idea:

An artist or community member builds a large Lowell Dollhouse: model of a boarding house or of a mill. We then come together to have an event where kids can come, make their own mill girl doll, and then place it in the dollhouse or play together with the dolls and dollhouse. It could be [Read more…]

Benefit:

It would give families something to do together and kids would learn more about Lowell's history. It would be a fun thing to do. We could advertise it to kids inside and outside the city of many ages. (This idea came from a kid!)
Location:

Downtown / JAM, OldIdea.

Middle St Al Fresco

Idea:

Allow sidewalk dining on Middle St across from Fuse Bistro. Build a parklet in front the building to show that the ground floor space is in too good of a location to be wasted as office space. I believe Enterprise Bank owns the building. They can move the offices to vacant upper floors elsewhere in [Read more…]

Benefit:

Let's make Middle Street THE dining spot in greater Lowell and make it known that ground floor residential and office space in DTL has a negative effect on business. This will show potential restaurant investors what is possible in that location.
Location:

Downtown / JAM, OldIdea.

Missing Tooth Pop-up Business

Idea:

Create a temporary pop-up business at the gap, or missing tooth, in the block of the Enterprise Bank parking lot fronting Merrimack Street. Maybe work with Merrimack Rep, LHS, and the Greater Lowell Tech to create a 2 story building facade. The ground floor would be retail or restaurant and have rotating local businesses selling [Read more…]

Benefit:

Show the public and Enterprise bank how that parking lot could be better utilized as ground floor shops and upper floor office space. More small businesses on Merrimack St creates jobs, increases taxes for the city, and will bring more people to downtown than a parking lot.
Location:

Downtown / JAM, OldIdea.