Green Venture takes the lead on 100in1 Day Hamilton

100in1Day Hamilton Turns 5

100in1Day first came to Hamilton in 2015. Each year the number of urban interventions and participants has grown. Over the past four years, 100in1 Day Hamilton has inspired more than 550 community-led projects and events, engaged tens of thousands of residents, and has facilitated lasting change in the form of new policies, new partnerships and organizations, infrastructure enhancements, and more. This year, Green Venture, is leading the volunteer committee made up of dedicated Hamiltonians who coordinate this city-wide event. Funding partners include McMaster Office of Community Engagement, City of Hamilton Sustainable Mobility and Lura Consulting.

Green Venture has been involved in 100in1Day through many of our educational programs including a Depave Paradise project at R.A Riddell in 2016. In 2017, again through Depave Paradise, several parking spaces were removed from Our Lady Of Vietnam Church and Holy Family Parish on Kenilworth Avenue and replaced with a large garden in partnership with the Crown Point Garden Club and other community members. In 2018 we helped launch “The Butt Stops on Kenilworth”, a cigarette butt litter campaign that included installing an interactive voting machine to dispense cigarette butts. We also were involved through the Barton Village Festival and made pedal powered smoothies with our Smoothie Bike on 100in1Day. Our Program Manager Laura who has been involved since 2015 did a personal intervention in Powel Park called “U-Pick Kale Farm” where she planted 100 kale plants and installed them in a park to encourage community members to grow food in their yards.  Around the city there have been parking space parties, puppy kissing booths, clothing swaps, recipe exchanges, knitting circles, and so much more. Green Venture will once again be participating through an animation project on Barton Street, stay tuned for more details on that!