Tuesday 5 June 2012

The Street Carpet that never was

The prototype

 So after weeks of planning and preparation the Stoke Golding Street Party became a Village Hall Party due to a very rainy and miserable day. Upwards of 200 people were shoehorned into the Village Hall with "the club" providing an overflow for maybe another 100 people. We all had a great time, but just not the day that we had planned.
Sawdust dying / drying
Raw sawdust
Obviously the Street Carpet did not go ahead so I am now stuck with a shed full of sawdust wondering what to do. I had pinned great hopes on the Street Party to engage with a lot of villagers about our Sreets4All campaign using the Street Carpet as a talking point. I am struggling to think how we can move this forward now.

Stencilled diamond
Of course the Olympics starts end of July. Sun 5th August is in the middle and 100m finals day - what be a great day for a Street Party, but could we mobilise people for a second attempt I wonder!