Own Your Own Block

The Peace Project is a two-year implementation plan to significantly change the trajectory of our city and better the lives of the people in our city. In year one, we will prioritize restoring visual peace through neighborhood beautification. We will start by asking our community faith leaders to help create a more peaceful city by Owning Your Block.

This initiative asks that we all reclaim the areas around our homes, businesses, and houses of worship. It encourages each of us to take personal responsibility for restoring beauty to our neighborhoods by picking up trash, pulling weeds, mowing overgrown lots, and addressing lighting and other indicators of disinvestment.

We will kick off this work with a city-wide Own Your Block event on Oct 19, where we will ask everyone to work in their own communities and neighborhoods to create a more peaceful city. We are asking the faith community to lead these initial efforts.