Neighbors play an important role in Open Streets Corvallis. They help to make each year’s route unique by setting up mini-events in their front yards, organizing neighborhood placemaking projects, and getting involved in the planning of the event.
Mini-events
If you live along the event route, you are invited to set up activities in your front yard. What ideas will you bring? Here are some of ours.
- Aromatherapy tent
- 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
- Music (open mic, jam circle, etc.)
- Ping-pong table
- Recipe giveaway
- Rock painting station
- Selfie booth with props/costumes
- Set up a lounge – chairs, hammocks, rugs, ambiance
- Sprinkler obstacle course with pool noodles
- Wet sponge bullseye
Want to let us know what you’re planning? Fill out our Host an Activity form (optional).
Neighborhood Placemaking
Get together with a few neighbors to brainstorm a larger neighborhood project:
- Painted Intersection
- Neighborhood beautification work party
- Neighborhood kiosk or bench creation
Neighborhood empowerment grants are available each year in April through the City of Corvallis.
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