Village Building Convergence

About VBC

VBC is an annual ten-day placemaking event that brings communities together with resources, volunteers, and local leaders in the field of placemaking and sustainability.

People get involved with VBC in a number of ways. They can:

• Host a placemaking site
  (sites organize in late fall and submit their applications at the end of January)
  
  
• Volunteer with the core planning group (year-round opportunities)
  • Create an internship based on their learning goals
    
    
• Earn worktrade credit just before and during VBC
  
  
• Attend VBC as a participant
  • Volunteer at work parties at sites throughout the city (often includes a free workshop)
  • Attend the evening meal and the accompanying program
  • Attend workshops given by speakers featured in the evening program
    
    
• Enroll in the Village Building Design Course

For the last ten years, we have worked with hundreds of projects all over the city. Projects are conceived, planned, and created through collaborative group participation and support from our core team of placemakers. The process begins for community sites in early February and culminates in late May, when the public event takes place and all the dreams that have been set into motion become a reality. VBC10 will include hands-on education in permaculture design and construction, ecological building, and public art. All projects are built through collaboration, community conversations and commitment of a neighborhood to strengthen itself. Everyone is invited to attend evening events at a central location, to participate in workshops or listen to visionaries speak about various aspects of sustainable culture.