As you may or may not know, every year City Repair helps many communities around the greater Portland area gather their community together to collectively transform the uncultivated spaces that surround them into rich vibrant gathering places that strengthen the community. City Repair facilitates this "place-making" activity of transforming "spaces" into "places" year-round, but it is during the annual Village Building Convergence that most of the place-making activity takes place. Whether it's an intersection repair project, an outdoor classroom, or just a neighborhood bench, we welcome all ideas and would love to help turn your vision into reality.

 

Anyone interested in doing some form of community-oriented place-making project during the VBC is welcomed and encouraged to submit a Request For Proposal (RFP). Everyone that submits a RFP by the January 29th 2010 deadline that meets our requirements will automatically be accepted to join our planning process in which the place-making team will provide in-depth, weekly training and support to help your project succeed with flying colors. Even if you have no idea what you'd like to see happen in your neighborhood or community, please feel free to peruse and fill out the RFP form and we will be more than happy to help you get the ball rolling, the sparks flying, and the under-utilized space transforming into vibrant welcoming space!!!

 

Get more info and download the form from the website here: http://cityrepair.org/2009/12/villagebuildingconvergence2010/