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project leader
Judi S
location
Intersection of Southern and Cooper and the intersection of Young and East Parkway
(Cooper Young)
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the project

The Cooper Young neighborhood is known for its Trestle sculpture and "I Love Memphis" red mural, at Central and Cooper.  Unfortunately, other main entries into our neighborhood aren't as inviting.  We would like to add small "pocket parks" in these areas.  These pocket parks would not only create unique entry points into our neighborhood, but further our community pride and ownership.

the steps

We would love to raise $3500+ to beautify these four corners of our neighborhood.  Our main sources of fundraising will depend on meetings, mail requests, Facebook, and our community resources.  Our goal is to raise this money by March 23, 2016.

why we're doing it

We have very few green spaces in the middle of the city.  These pocket parks will beautify our neighborhood, improve our air quality, make our streets more walkable, promote a sense of traffic calm, and add to our community pride.

Connect with the Cooper Young Garden Club here.

budget

DISBURSEMENT BUDGET (3/31/16):



RAISED = $3,720.00
ioby Platform Fee  $35.00
 Payment Processing Fee (3%) $107.33
TOTAL TO DISBURSE = $3,577.67

8 planters - $2,400.00
Plants, soil, flowers - $1,177.67
No business contacted wanted a garbage can or bench.

 

ORIGINAL BUDGET:

Planters 4 needed $1600

soil, flowers, trees, shrubs $1500

garbage cans attached or affixed to concrete $400



SUBTOTAL = $3,500
ioby Platform Fee $35
Payment Processing Fee of 3%  $105
TOTAL TO RAISE = $3,640

 

updates

pictures of pocket parks

Posted 08/08/2016 - 11:18pm

Ioby Pocket park pots

Posted 08/08/2016 - 10:38pm

Our Pocket Park pots have been completed in two of our designated areas.  We are now working on the third and fourth sites.  We are excited to complete this project before our September Cooper Young Festival.

Cooper Young Garden Gateways

Posted 04/17/2016 - 2:05pm

As summer approaches, our garden club has taken steps to beautify our neighborhood with pots filled with beautiful plants.  We have our first garden walk scheduled for May 21st and would love to have our pots established by then.  We thank our donors and our Ioby team for the help and the donations.

 

Judi

Thank you.

Posted 03/31/2016 - 1:35pm

To Our Donors:

Thank you so much for the donations to our Cooper Young Gateway Gardens project.  We look forward to beautifying our neighborhood

in the coming months.  If you are not from Memphis, we invite you to come visit our neighborhood.  We would love to meet you.

To all of the Cooper Young and neighboring Memphis donors, your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Thank you all again for your support.

 

Judi Shellabarger

Cooper Young Garden Club

photos

This is where photos will go once we build flickr integration

donors

  • James H.
  • George + Louise Halyak
  • Nancy M.
  • David Early
  • Judith Rutschman
  • Natalhie A.
  • Sharron J.
  • Wes Williamson
  • Mary B.
  • Dan Spector
  • Christine Conley
  • Doris Porter
  • June Hurt
  • Kristen Schebler
  • Kelly C.
  • Anonymous
  • Connie A.
  • Memphis Drum Shop
  • Midtown Massage & Bodywork
  • Anonymous
  • Donna Manley
  • Astrid
  • Sal Cachola
  • donna m.
  • Heidi
  • Scott & Renee Massey
  • Edward Greene
  • Aaron James
  • Suzanne Carlson
  • GALISKATE
  • Chadam Shellabarger
  • carley D.
  • The Ashby Family
  • Mavis Estes
  • Anonymous
  • Nancy H.
  • Pat Primrose
  • Emily Baum
  • Judi and Buzz
  • Kim Halyak