Here’s an interesting project happening in Detroit, from The Daily Good. Maybe we could do something like this in Potrero! Leave a comment below to let us know what you think of this idea.
What if the schedule of city-life had recess built into it, just like elementary school? A team of social innovators in Detroit is asking that question with their upcoming project Hopscotch Detroit, a social free-for-all that puts a schoolyard spin on community engagement—and even intends to break a world record, using nearly a ton of chalk, stencils, and city’s sidewalks.
Hopscotch Detroit is a joint venture of social design startup Wedge Detroit and community-building initiative Imagine Detroit Together. Since June, the two organizations have conspired to bring a 4.2-mile-long urban hopscotch course to life. Equal parts ode to the classic childhood game and imaginative community event, Hopscotch Detroit’s allure is its simplicity: temporarily transforming a street, or a city, into a unified, vibrant playground.
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Hi,
Im over in Bayview. I am very interested in this project. I was thinking of something similar. Good ole goggle led me to this, and to my own neighbors. Can someone contact me.
Earl
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Hi Earl, thanks so much for writing! We haven’t attempted anything like this here yet, but I’m glad you connected with our group. I’ll check with Emily Weinstein, the community builder for Rebuild Potrero, and see if we might be planning anything like this and ask her to contact you. I think she’s out this week, so it might not be till next week.
Rosana
Thank you Rosana. I found your group by simply goggling ‘cool hopscotch ideas’. It came up in images. I was thinking of something very similar out here in Bayview, with local artists doing the actual hopscotch stencils. Anyway, it would be fun to connect. Im on Third Street, right above Radio Africa Kitchen.
Earl