

Pop Up Dreams: the Dutchtown Better Block Project
I have attended many community events in the past and throughout the years they have followed a redundant template of perpetual discourse and minimal action. However, the Better Block event in Dutchtown introduced a curious concept: revitalize the community by transforming it for one day. Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of a neighborhood (traits that may or may not exist), show the neighborhood its own beauty -- show it what it can become. This was done by creatin