In partnership with Indianola Presbyterian Church and with grant support from the Neighborhood Design Center’s 614 Beautiful Grant we transformed the church’s green front lawn into a community pocket park!

Community designed, community built, and now, community maintained!

We are excited to announce that the benches are coming back!

Help us build the pocket park benches Sunday, August 2nd anytime from 12pm-2pm!

Iuka & Waldeck Pocket Park

This activity will include power drills. We will also have an opportunity to spruce up the garden beds for this late summer early fall season.

No need to register or RSVP, come as your schedule allows!

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Timeline

  • March:Community Workshops

  • Early April: Design Time!

  • May:Secure materials & volunteer dates

  • June, July, August:  Implementation! Let’s build this park!

  • September: Final stages! Bench install and totem creation

  • October: Autumn Pocket Park Premiere: October 30th 4pm-7pm !

  • Spring 2025: Pocket Park Refresh!

  • April 19: Pocket Park Clean Up 12pm-2pm

  • August 2nd: Bench Build!

FAQ

  • be/well – A look at quality values and culture:

    The University District Organization (UDO) conducted a community engagement initiative to understand what it meant to be well in the University District

    be/well takeaway:

    A need for more organic opportunities for neighbors to meet and engage with community through (i.e. pocket parks)

    Then, a unique community connection occured.

    The Indianola Presbyterian Church (IPC) reached out to UDO asking about ways to transform their front lawn into a more welcoming space for all to use.

    We applied for a grant and now we are here, in the process of creating a pocket park in the middle of the University District

  • The Neighborhood Design Center held a submission for the 614 Beautiful Grant. We applied and received funding!

  • We want the community involved in this process because this is your park, and we want to create something together that would be used by our residents (and visitors)

    The pocket park will also feature a sculpture installation that is totem inspired to showcase the 13 neighborhoods of the district and the elements that make up the University District. Information gathered at these workshops will also inspire this public art piece.

    To get involved you can participate in a workshop, help with design and design review, and assist with the implementation of building the pocket park!

  • We are developing the front lawn of the Indianola Presbyterian Church at 1970 Waldeck Ave, Columbus, OH 43201

Sponsors

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