Our class project

Do you remember those days when the entire neighborhood or street would come together for a block party? Those were the times where new neighbors could meet, and life long friendships could be made. They were times that allowed people to feel comfortable living where they were living. I feel our class project should gear towards bringing that type of community back to Atchison. I think we should put together a plan to have a block party type of atmosphere for the entire town that will go on every month during the late spring, summer, and early fall seasons. This could take place at Jackson Park, or the other parks on the BC side of main street. So, another aspect to this would be to clean up whichever park in which this would take place. Not only could this block party be open to residents but also businesses as well. They could bring management teams there to meet the citizens of Atchison to develop relationships with them. And also bring a taste of their business with them, whether it be food or items for sale.

Not only would this idea accomplish the tasks of building friendships and trust with each other as citizens and businesses, but it would keep kids off the computer, off the video games, and out playing ball or tag with each other for the day/night like we did when we were younger. If this goes on once a month for a majority of the year it could influence individual neighborhoods/streets to do the same thing on a smaller scale so neighbors could build lifelong relationships and trust.