Better Block comes to Five Points
The “Better Block” project is a community revitalization effort that demonstrates how to improve a public space with pedestrian and public infrastructure mixed with art, culture, pop-up businesses and street life. For one day, the project will install pedestrian improvements, create seating areas, provide landscaping and street furniture, incorporate art into the public space, provide live music, and more. Better Block aims to create quick, inexpensive, high-impact changes that lead to permanent solutions for areas in Denver.
Building on the 2012 success of Better Block Jefferson Park, WalkDenver along with community partners is working on the 2013 Demonstration. The target area for this project is the historic African American Community of Five Points along 24th Street between California and Welton and the adjacent Sonny Lawson Park. While these areas have been designated as a Pedestrian Corridor in the Northeast Downtown Area Plan, they have been neglected and present conditions are substandard and unsafe. Better Block project will aim at low-cost improvements that that will result in an inviting and vibrant public space essential to the social and economic health of the community. Many of the improvements introduced during the event will become permanent amenities in the park.
The event program includes live music, ballet performance, gardening demonstrations, story time, walking tours, bike rides, food trucks, tennis, yoga, dance walking, youth marketplace and much more!
Check out the sponsors of the project http://betterblockfivepoints.com/sponsors/
Building on the 2012 success of Better Block Jefferson Park, WalkDenver along with community partners is working on the 2013 Demonstration. The target area for this project is the historic African American Community of Five Points along 24th Street between California and Welton and the adjacent Sonny Lawson Park. While these areas have been designated as a Pedestrian Corridor in the Northeast Downtown Area Plan, they have been neglected and present conditions are substandard and unsafe. Better Block project will aim at low-cost improvements that that will result in an inviting and vibrant public space essential to the social and economic health of the community. Many of the improvements introduced during the event will become permanent amenities in the park.
The event program includes live music, ballet performance, gardening demonstrations, story time, walking tours, bike rides, food trucks, tennis, yoga, dance walking, youth marketplace and much more!
Check out the sponsors of the project http://betterblockfivepoints.com/sponsors/
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Check out this video and listen to the four Manual High School scholars talk about the impact that traveling to Kenya had on them!
Creating a Transformational Experience for Emerging Leaders
Engage8 led a team of Manual High School youth on a transformational vision trip to Nairobi, Kenya this summer.
The goal of this trip was to create a cross-cultural opportunity to develop professional networks, cultivate healthy political relationships, and exchange ideas and best practices.
The team that embarked on this journey together was a combination of Manual High School students with a faculty member, non-profit leaders, political leaders, and business leaders from Denver.
Engage 8 is currently developing a new method of capitalizing on opportunities that uses a multi-sector approach. The goal is to create an inclusive process that engages and empowers different sectors to work together and overcome challenges and seize opportunities. This trip is a perfect example of creating a diverse mix of individuals and combining their talents to produce something special.
There are many benefits to a trip of this nature, especially with the investments that will be made into the lives of the youth that had the opportunity to go. The students were empowered and given leadership roles on the team. In addition to the direct benefits for the youth that are a part of the team, there will also be opportunities for the team to invest in the education system in Nairobi, as it will look into the possibility of an official student exchange program between Denver and Nairobi. It is the goal of Engage 8 have these scholars be the founding members of the Engage8 Youth Leadership Academy (E8LA).
The goal of this trip was to create a cross-cultural opportunity to develop professional networks, cultivate healthy political relationships, and exchange ideas and best practices.
The team that embarked on this journey together was a combination of Manual High School students with a faculty member, non-profit leaders, political leaders, and business leaders from Denver.
Engage 8 is currently developing a new method of capitalizing on opportunities that uses a multi-sector approach. The goal is to create an inclusive process that engages and empowers different sectors to work together and overcome challenges and seize opportunities. This trip is a perfect example of creating a diverse mix of individuals and combining their talents to produce something special.
There are many benefits to a trip of this nature, especially with the investments that will be made into the lives of the youth that had the opportunity to go. The students were empowered and given leadership roles on the team. In addition to the direct benefits for the youth that are a part of the team, there will also be opportunities for the team to invest in the education system in Nairobi, as it will look into the possibility of an official student exchange program between Denver and Nairobi. It is the goal of Engage 8 have these scholars be the founding members of the Engage8 Youth Leadership Academy (E8LA).
