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Village Building Convergence: A Very Portland Experience
So, the Village Building Convergence is almost here. It will be the 13th annual experiment in the process of the community coming together to transform spaces into places.
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| This Year's Flyer. |
The Village Building Convergence is a project of City Repair. You might ask, what is City Repair? On the website, they are described as such.
"City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists.
City Repair began in Portland, Oregon with the idea that localization - of culture, of economy, of decision-making - is a necessary foundation of sustainability. By reclaiming urban spaces to create community-oriented places, we plant the seeds for greater neighborhood communication, empower our communities and nurture our local culture."
In local Portland culture, City Repair is most known through their works, and the biggest work of City Repair is the Village Building Convergence.
You know those paintings in the middle of the street?
Those paintings are from a crowd-sourced volunteer project of the Village Building Convergence. But it's not just paint, it's also projects like the following.
These projects happen because people from the community come together to help them happen. The Village Building Convergence starts in the neighborhoods with lots of shovel and paint work in the neighborhoods, and then people meet up at the central venue, which will be The Alberta Abbey this year.
It's really fun. You should check out The Village Builder, find a spot near you where a project is going on, and pitch in!
City Repair began in Portland, Oregon with the idea that localization - of culture, of economy, of decision-making - is a necessary foundation of sustainability. By reclaiming urban spaces to create community-oriented places, we plant the seeds for greater neighborhood communication, empower our communities and nurture our local culture."
In local Portland culture, City Repair is most known through their works, and the biggest work of City Repair is the Village Building Convergence.
You know those paintings in the middle of the street?
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| Like this one? This is the Sunnyside Piazza. |
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| A cob oven and mosaic built on SE 61st and Clinton. |
These projects happen because people from the community come together to help them happen. The Village Building Convergence starts in the neighborhoods with lots of shovel and paint work in the neighborhoods, and then people meet up at the central venue, which will be The Alberta Abbey this year.
It's really fun. You should check out The Village Builder, find a spot near you where a project is going on, and pitch in!
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