Protected Bike Lane

Idea:

Build a temporary protected bike lane every Sunday for a month connecting one of the neighborhoods to downtown. Haverhill made one on their main street recently as part of Better Block Haverhill.

Benefit:

It will show people that having a protected bike network in Lowell could reduce congestion, help businesses, reduce emissions, and increase quality of life for Lowellians.

Location:

Citywide, 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.