IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CREEK
STORMWATER CREEK & WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION
CITIZEN SCIENTIST & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY & COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP
What is a neighborhood artwalk?
An invitation to discover, explore, and be curious!
By utilizing public art in our public spaces, we inspire individuals to rediscover the simple joys of walking outside and letting one's curiosity lead them to new discoveries safely within their own neighborhood.
Brookside Wanderlust Neighborhood Artwalk
Objectives & Perspectives
- Create spaces for people
- Cultivate curiosity & wonder about our stormwater creek ecosystems
- Reconnect residents to our flourishing backyard habitats
- Increase pedestrian presence to help traffic-calm a car-centric corridor
- Provide passive guidance to explore from public right-of-way spaces
The reasons why
STORMWATER AWARENESS
Educating communities about dynamic behaviors of stormwater creeks in urban areas
ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY
Providing context to the necessities of riparian buffer health, tree canopies, and root system integrity along stormwater creeks
WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION
Inspiring collective stewardship to cultivate diverse habitat for wildlife which thrive alongside these natural waterways
MENTAL & PHYSICAL WELL-BEING
Finding reasons to step outside to find small joys
CONN ELEMENTARY
Hundreds of little reasons to cultivate curiosity
CEMETERY BRANCH
Our neighborhood creek to understand, observe, and restore
(Website still under construction!)
BROOKSIDE DRIVE
CEMETERY BRANCH