Group: Southwood Community AssociationDate: 2023Location: Southwood SW Led by resident Max Webber, Southwood Community Association painted a suburban intersection in their neighborhood to slow traffic and engage citizens. Over the…
Category: Featured ActivateYYC Projects
Shawnee Evergreen Chair Project
Group: Shawnee Evergreen Community AssociationDate: 2023Location: Shawnee Evergreen SW SECA purchased 60 chairs with the help of donations and sponsorship from Home Depot locations and distributed them across the community in parks,…
Sustainable Calgary Connaught Open Street Signage
Sustainable Calgary founded and currently operates an open street adjacent to the Connaught School in the Beltline neighbourhood of Calgary. They were looking to create more vibrant signage that could…
Alpha House Welcome Signs
The Alpha House received an ActivateYYC grant to put up a unique welcome sign for each of their 7 permanent supportive housing buildings. This involved building the signs from the ground…
ActivateYYC Summer Student Activation 2023
During the summer of 2023, the Federation invited 3 summer students to engage with the study of tactical urbanism in the city of Calgary. These students came from a variety…
University of Calgary MPLAN Studio Public Space Activations
Group: University of Calgary Masters in Planning StudioDate: 2023Location: Cliff-Bungalow Mission, SW COLitOURS – An interactive public space activation, with colourful benches made with recycled materials, and a spinning puzzle…
Martindale Traffic Calming by Sustainable Calgary
Group: Sustainable CalgaryDate: 2023Location: Martindale NE Sustainable Calgary received a $10,000 grant from ActivateYYC to increase the levels of safety and vibrancy surrounding two schools in Martindale (Manmeet Singh Bhullar…
