Neighbors and local businesses play an important role in Open Streets Corvallis. They help to make each year’s route unique by setting up activities, organizing neighborhood placemaking projects, and getting involved in the planning of the event.
Activity Ideas
If you own a business or live along the event route, you are invited to set up activities in front of your business or home. What ideas will you bring? Here are some of ours.
- Bike-wash station
- Clothing swap
- Creative shade spaces
- Charades- circle of chairs, box of ideas in the middle
- Dog washing station and/or water bowls + waste bags
- Fortune teller
- A front yard salon! Braid hair, let people give themselves pedicures, soak their feet
- Giant bubbles
- Lemonade stand
- Make your own flower bouquet
- Music (open mic, jam circle, etc.)
- Plant giveaway
- Ping-pong table
- Rock painting station
- Selfie booth with props/costumes
- Set up a lounge – chairs, hammocks, rugs, ambiance
- Sprinkler obstacle course with pool noodles
- Wishing tree
Neighborhood Placemaking
Get together with a few neighbors to brainstorm a larger neighborhood project:
- Neighborhood beautification work party
- Neighborhood kiosk or bench creation
- Painted Intersection
Neighborhood empowerment grants are available each year in April through the City of Corvallis.
Concerned about how the street closure will affect you?
You will be able to get to and from your home at all times, but we encourage you to limit or postpone trips by car. If you drive, please plan for a 10-minute traffic delay.
Barricaded intersections will be staffed by trained volunteers, called “Intersection Superheroes” to manage access safely. These volunteers will escort residents to and from their homes and will be wearing reflective vests and Open Streets t-shirts. If leaving from your home, please flag down a volunteer to escort you off the route and drive at a walking pace until you exit the route. If you know that you need to leave your house during the event, consider parking off the route in advance and walking to your car.
Learn more by visiting our detour page.
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