Better Block KC
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Presented the following at the Kansas City Parking and Transportation Commission. Key message: “We transformed one block for one day; Our streets could be like this every day; We need your help to make our streets better.”
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Our friend photographer Mike Sinclair was at better block, and has shared his photos of the event with us!
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“ There’s something very inspiring about seeing a group of engaged young people seizing the initiative to bring life and momentum to a long overdue idea for improving our city.
That was the case on a chilly morning last week when a one-block stretch of Grand Boulevard in the Crossroads Arts District between Crown Center and the central business district got a taste of what it could be as a “Better Block KC.”
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Better Block KC Photos
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It’s coming together!
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Site plan for Better Block KC. We will temporarily transform this block of Grand Boulevard into a complete street.
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A new city initiative is taking land that’s currently dead space, or used only for parking cars, and turning it into public space that could energize neighborhood business strips. On Friday the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) officially launched its “Make Way for People” program to transform surplus asphalt into seating areas and lively plazas, unveiling a new parklet in the parking lane in front of Heritage Bicycles, 2959 N. Lincoln Avenue.
Parking space party: celebrating Chicago’s first permanent parklets
(via urbanresolve)
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Future bike lanes.
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Construction begins… KCDC students start putting together their Better Block installation.
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6 more hours on our crowdfunding campaign. Think of it as your cover charge to an amazing block party! This event will go forward regardless, but meeting our goal will make it so much cooler — and so much more likely to catalyze permanent change on Grand Boulevard! Huge thank you to all who have already contributed to making Kansas City a better place.
