Thanks Karen. This is great.

Ingrid


Quoting Karen Woods <[log in to unmask]>:

> You may find the work of Candy Chang to be not only interesting but  
> helpful--- She is an Urban Planner but her Community Art  
> installations have had a huge impact on engagement and positive  
> outcomes for less fortunate Communities--- I find her work to be  
> inspirational and apparently so do many others around the world (  
> including my teen daughter who shared this gift with me)
>
> Her page is located here-  http://candychang.com
>
> From one of her Community Development Projects-
>
> "What if we could easily share and build on ideas for our  
> communities? This is the question that drove Dan  
> Parham<http://twitter.com/#%21/danparham>, Tee  
> Parham<http://twitter.com/#%21/teeparham>, and Candy to create  
> Neighborland<http://neighborland.com/>. It's a tool that takes  
> Candy's I Wish This Was<http://candychang.com/i-wish-this-was/>  
> public art project a few steps further to help people join forces  
> with others to improve their communities. On the website you can say  
> what you want in your neighborhood or city, see what other people  
> want, and click "me too". So one neighbor who wants a grocery store  
> in the neighborhood can become five, ten, fifty, or beyond, and  
> these people can come together to share more with one another. It  
> helps connect residents with likeminded people, organizations,  
> knowledge, resources, and initiatives. You can search the site by  
> neighborhood or topic so it can also help us better understand what  
> people want in different places.
>
> Neighborland<http://neighborland.org/> has been a big team effort  
> with integral development by Alan  
> Williams<http://twitter.com/#%21/alanjosephwilli>, Chris  
> Palmatier<https://twitter.com/#%21/cpalmatier>, and James  
> Reeves<http://bigamericannight.com/>. Thanks to generous support  
> from the Urban Innovation  
> Fellowship<http://tulane.edu/socialentrepreneurship/urban-innovation-challenge.cfm> from Tulane University and the Rockefeller Foundation, they launched it in New Orleans in the summer of 2011 and are working closely with local organizations and individuals to improve it, test new features, and help make things happen. Now we're growing thanks to great new partners, including The Obvious Corporation<http://obvious.com/neighborland.html>, True Ventures<http://www.trueventures.com/2012/04/18/why-we-invested-in-neighborland/>, Lerer Ventures<http://lererventures.com/>, SV Angel<http://svangel.com/>, Crunchfund<http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/crunchfund>, and Voodoo Ventures<http://chrisschultz.net/2012/04/18/new-orleans-neighborland/>. More about it in our Neighborland handbook.<http://handbook.neighborland.com/movement/> To an exciting time collaborating with passionate people so the future of our communities better reflects our desires today. For inquiries, please contact Dan  
> Parham<mailto:[log in to unmask]>."
>
> Visit Neighborland.com.<http://neighborland.com/>
>
>
> Karen Woods
>
> Karen Woods
> Early Literacy Specialist/
> Program Effectiveness Data Analysis Coordinator
> Renfrew County & Eastern Ontario Region
>
> (613) 601-8193
> [log in to unmask]
> www.parentresource.ca
>
> From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf  
> Of Ingrid Waldron
> Sent: June-20-12 2:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [SDOH] Community-Owned Grocery Store
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> There is a group of individuals looking to start a community-owned
> grocery store on Gottingen Street in North End Halifax. This was one
> of the many issues that came up during the "Can We Talk?" event that
> we held in February. Many attendees discussed the need for a grocery
> store in the North End.
>
> Please see more information below on this community initiative.
>
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-We-Talk-North-End-Halifax/377840035564046
>
> http://www.facebook.com/NorthEndCommunityGrocery
>
>
> Also, don't forget to log on, watch and participate in North End
> Matters, the online talk show about matters affecting Halifax's North
> End communities. It starts at 4 PM Atlantic time at this location:
> http://live.haligonia.ca/halifax-ns/north-end-matters/26383-live-north-end-matters.html
>
>
> Ingrid
>
> Ingrid Waldron, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> School of Occupational Therapy
> Dalhousie University
> 5869 University Avenue
> Forrest Building
> Room 207
> Halifax, Nova Scotia
> Canada
> B3H 3J5
> Phone: 902-494-4558
>
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Ingrid Waldron, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Occupational Therapy
Dalhousie University
5869 University Avenue
Forrest Building
Room 207
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
B3H 3J5
Phone: 902-494-4558

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