Hi all,
Thanks for a great March meeting of the Syracuse Urbanism Collective!
At this month’s meeting, we met at ArtRage, with guest presentations from Ryan Fitzgerald of Salt City Harvest Farm, Kat Korba of the Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project, and Arlaina Harris of Cafe Sankofa Cooperative. We’ll continue to rotate meeting locations between different venues in various city neighborhoods. Next month is at Pose Studio, 222 Teall Ave.
Our public policy team has completed putting together memos!
Comment on memos at the link below by the end of Saturday with important changes:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AuC9qmG4TQvK51rLcmHt7d0Zj9kXcbq-?usp=sharing
And vote to support or reject each memo at the link below, also by the end of Saturday:
Early next week, we’ll bring the memos you support to the attention of local officials in an effort to get these ideas into place!
See below for info on some upcoming events, or visit https://syracuseurbanism.org/calendar/. If we’re missing any here, please send us details and we’ll share more events! Some events below require registration.
Artrage board goes off the wall – ArtRage Gallery, March 29 @ 6-8:30pm.
(Not hosted by us)
Syracuse Urbanism Board Game Afternoon – Tabletop Gaming, March 30 @ 2-5pm.
Join us for an afternoon of board games! Please RSVP at contact@syracuseurbanism.org or in our WhatsApp community to secure one of 8 reserved seats, though extra capacity may be available.
Urbanist Book Club – Parthenon Books, April 26 @ 6-7:30pm (tentative place and time).
Join us as we wrap up our discussion of Walkable City by Jeff Speck. Read to the end of the book!
Earth Day Hike – Clark Reservation, April 22 @6pm
Mini Meadows – Workshop with Burnet Arts and Crafts – Seed Balls, Burnet Park, April 24 @ 6pm.
Volunteer Planting Event – Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project – 112 Bellevue Ave, April 26 @ 10am.
This event is not hosted by the Syracuse Urbanism Collective.
Syracuse Urbanism Collective monthly meeting – Pose Photo Studio (222 Teall Ave), April 29 @ 6pm.
Join for a Centro Bus System Redesign Community Engagement Session w/ Bren Daiss from Centro!
Onondaga Creekwalk Wayfinding Project – Implementation Days – Onondaga Creekwalk, May 24-25. Check our calendar for more details soon.
Tree Walk with Clare Carney, Community Forester for the City of Syracuse – Columbus Circle, June 5 @ 6pm.
This is a tree Walk with Clare Carney, Community Forester for the City of Syracuse. We’ll walk around and talk about trees, parks, community, and everything in between. Thursday, June 5, 6-7pm.This event begins at Columbus Circle.
SWAG Bike Fest – Meachem Field, June 7 @ 10am.
SWAG stands for Syracuse Women’s and Gender Nonconforming People. Our goal is to foster and facilitate a radically inclusive cycling community by creating a cycling festival specifically for ALL women and gender nonconforming people. This is a celebration of our diverse cycling community with workshops, refreshments, and good vibes. Cycling is for everybody. Free event.
CNU 33 – Providence, RI, June 11-14. Hosted by our parent organization, CNU.
Please join us at our WhatsApp Community as well to be a part of the conversation between meetings and get involved in project teams! Join here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/H6bA4FrQkRJHcd8bQdPYjj
As always, you can reach us at contact@syracuseurbanism.org.
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Regards,
Baxter Hankin
President of the Syracuse Urbanism Collective