Village Building Convergence
City Repair's Village Building Convergence is an annual ten-day placemaking festival that combines crowdsourced activism, creative community development, hands-on education and celebration. Volunteer Now!
Click here to download our event guide,
The Village Builder!
12th Annual VBC in brief: We will come
together to create benches, community kiosks, gardens, street
paintings, tile mosaics, and more! Come join your neighbors as they
bring to life the natural building, permaculture, and public art
projects that they’ve been planning. Learn
valuable skills for urban sustainability and social regeneration while
celebrating the creativity and diversity of our wonderful city! Read more about the VBC...
During the day, you will have the opportunity to get involved with creative, community designed placemaking projects happening all over the city. There will be natural building, gardening, art, and many other fun things to do and great people doing them with you! This aspect of the event is always free.
During the evening everyone will gather at a central venue for a night of wholesome food, presentations by leaders in the forefront of positive change, and exhilirating musical performances from local bands. Prices here range from free to $30, with worktrade available most nights.
How to Get Involved
There are many ways to get involved:
1) Volunteer NOW to help plan & coordinate the VBC event (see how our core planning team is organized here). See an overview of opportunities & contact our volunteer team here.
2) Host a placemaking site next year (2013) in your neighborhood!
3) Build, paint & learn at neighborhood placemaking sites during the VBC. Check out our official guide for 2012!
4) Volunteer for a *worktrade* shift during VBC evening events to help us make this great event possible (and get free access to another evening event). Contact vbcvolunteer@cityrepair.org
Do the Facebook thing? Start connections, keep up to date on announcements, and invite your friends and family to the event by "Attending" the VBC via Facebook, or "Like"ing City Repair's Facebook Page.
Our Sponsors
(More about our sponsors here)
Our Donors
