This is your sign (pun intended) to start closing your street more often. Not For neighbors to connect, kids to play, and communities to show up. Parades. Play streets. Block parties. Or honestly… just a slower street for a few hours. One of the biggest barriers (pun intended) is@not being able to afford road closure barricades and signage. Sometimes $1,000 for a day! So we changed that. Our neighborhood association (as a nonprofit) applied for a small grant to buy barricades with one goal: Make them accessible to everyone. • Nonprofits and neighborhood groups can use them for next to free • For-profits can rent them at a reduced rate • That money goes right back into maintenance and expanding our stock If you want to do this in your city: • Learn your local street closure rules • Raise money however you can • Buy shared barricades • Then help others do the same Start simple. You don’t need a big event. Sometimes just closing a street is enough to give kids space to play and people a r...