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Soccer Tournament

Idea:

Soccer teams can sign up to use one of the parks. This is a great way to include the soccer community, which is big and also diverse.

Benefit:

Connect with multiple people and share the park reservation process.

Location:

1970s Hair Salon Pop Up

Idea:

544 Merrimack St has a vacant first floor retail space that was once Vogue II Hair Salon. All of the equipment is still there. I want to work with the property owners and hair stylist to pull it off! If this idea is chosen but this specific location can’t work, we could identify another vacant [Read more…]

Benefit:

Turning vacant space into a temporary salon.

Location:

Downtown / JAM.

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All access outdoor fitness

Idea:

There is one in Chelmsford and one at Veterans Park in Dracut. https://www.lowellsun.com/2022/10/07/new-outdoor-fitness-court-unveiled-in-chelmsford-in-commitment-to-equitable-exercise/

Benefit:

Fitness for all

Location:

Permanent backdrop to Centralville sign

Idea:

Work with the City and Centralville Neighborhood Group, which may have existing funding, to help generate a design and install a permanent low maintenance backdrop to the new Centralville sign across from Top Donut. This would also hide the Federal carpet property and truck while giving an esthetic look to a major intersection in Lowell. [Read more…]

Benefit:

Create a more appealing friendly approach to our burrow of Lowell

Location:

Independent Creators Expo Lowell

Idea:

This event would be like a Comic Con but more like the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland. The emphasis would be on artists, cosplayers, writers, musicians, and any other creative who is self-generating projects in the Arts and Entertainment. Of course, as the big draw of Comic Cons has been performers in genre specific [Read more…]

Benefit:

Lowell has an incredible array of the arts and entertainment creatives, both professionals and hobbyists. This event would benefit these creatives by bringing them to a larger and specific audience. Lowell would benefit by having the event outside of Boston. There are many people from all over northern New England [Read more…]

Location:

Downtown / JAM.

Tiny Doors Lowell

Idea:

Atlanta has tiny doors hidden in public spaces. Parks, buildings, museums. They’re fun to just stumble upon and I feel like it brings a sense of wonder to the community. It’s artistic and fun. Essentially, small doors are created and decorated as if a fairy or maybe a mouse had a door leading into their [Read more…]

Benefit:

If it becomes a larger phenomenon, people may be incentivized to seek out the doors and explore more of the city. Otherwise, it’s a small scale community art program and who doesn’t love that?

Location:

Citywide, Downtown / JAM.

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