A new community garden has been built in the Blue Hills neighborhood! It features fifteen raised beds, and it can be found at 49th and Olive. Managed by Leigh Blumenthal (of Blue Hills Community Services) and Blue Hills Neighborhood volunteers.
A new community garden has been built in the Blue Hills neighborhood! It features fifteen raised beds, and it can be found at 49th and Olive. Managed by Leigh Blumenthal (of Blue Hills Community Services) and Blue Hills Neighborhood volunteers.
Blue Hills residents and neighborhood leaders held a one-day walk-a-thon. Participants went door-to-door recruiting block captains, talking to residents, and distributing association newsletters.
Every month the Blue Hills Neighborhood Association Real Estate Committee meets to discuss and take action on issues related to real estate in the neighborhood.
The clean up will clear blight from the area and paired with a picnic will build neighborhood pride.
Kansas City Community Gardens has provided families of the Boston Heights and Mount Hope with community gardens at the intersection of Lynn Ave and Highland at 29th Street. Orchards provide fruits that are available for all.
This project will establish two community gardens to help bring together the community, students, teachers, and the LINC afterschool program. Will have membership with Kansas City Community Gardens.
SONA will cleanup lots adjacent lots to create a holistic site in the community that everyone can enjoy. The project will include a butterfly sanctuary and library and a butterfly laybrinth and meditation area with walking path.
KC MIC member mothers of homicide victims, neighborhood quadrant leaders, and block leaders will learn professional canvassing skills while canvassing the neighborhood between May and August.
Carol's Garden, a "front yard" garden was started in March, 2010, to supplement our food pantry, providing fresh vegetables to families that do not have access to such food otherwise.
Project #1: Carnival geared towards kids in the neighborhood. Activities will include fishing demo, fishing derby, mounted patrol, fire trucks, presentation by Lakeside Nature Center, face painting, clowns, games, and food.
The Chestnut Street Model Block Project is a collaboration between non-profit organizations dedicated to economic and social justice.
We, the Chouteau Estates Neighborhood Association, are working to create a close knit informal environment in our neighborhood.
PNDC will train Palestine and other urban neighborhood women as facilitators of the Circles of Hope community engagement/development process.
Jerusalem Farm started Code Neighborhood Accountability Boards (CNABs) to help low-income homeowners facing code violations, and with this funding, we would like to add a fund to help with the cost of repairs.
Come Grow with US campaign is a neighborhood initiative to repopulate, redevelop and reinvent the Key Coalition neighborhood. We were awarded a grant from the Neighborhoods Rising Fund, which we split between two projects.
Seeking funding to pay flowers, mulch, fertilizer, soil samples, and newly planted tree maintenance and monthly watering servies
Carnival for young kids in the neighborhood, with fun activities
Thirteen Blue Hills residents and stakeholders each completed 24 hours of the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training provided by the Emergency Management Department of the City of Kansas City, MO.
To address the growing need of better sharing information between residents, the neighborhood created a canvassing team that will go door to door to identify potential members and will employ robo calls.
Our goal is to help promote digital literacy and help bridge what is known as the Digital Divide. Low-income citizens are often unable to afford computers and lack access to digital skills.