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Coffee House and Open Mic to Promote Diversity

Idea:

Support diverse narratives, music, dance, performance and oral history by inviting people in the Acre to share their short performance pieces. Possible venue: Western Avenue, maybe in the Onyx Room or the Loading Dock. I’m including a link to another open mic which is called Café Cultura Xpress Yourself which is located in Denver because [Read more…]

Benefit:

The Acre is a very diverse area with a multicultural history. Supporting an open mic in this area would help by promoting awareness of diversity — whether it is cultural, racial or ethnic diversity, LGBT diversity, disability awareness and issues affecting those with HIV and AIDS (and many other important [Read more…]

Location:

Acre, OldIdea.

Adopt and Beautify a Traffic Island or Sponsor a Sidewalk Planter or Window Box

Idea:

Get local businesses and organizations to adopt a traffic island or sponsor a sidewalk planter. It could be framed as a citywide contest with a prize. See the link to Peabody Pride in Bloom promotion. Businesses could have a small sign with their name on the island or planter, saying that it was sponsored by [Read more…]

Benefit:

The idea would help promote more visitors to the city by making the area more inviting and colorful. It would be very cheering to the local residents, because who doesn't like to see flowers bloom in the Spring and Summer. And it would be an overall improvement to the community [Read more…]

Location:

Citywide, OldIdea.