Love Your Block- Shawnee, OK
Love Your Block- Shawnee, OK
Specific to the Dunbar Heights area, the city of Shawnee, OK has been selected as one of eight U.S. cities that will receive a $100,000 grant to participate in Love Your Block (LYB). This grant program brings city leaders and Dunbar Heights residents together to build stronger neighborhoods, one block at a time. Through Love Your Block, the city of Shawnee will award mini-grants to residents and community partners to begin neighborhood-driven change. Our local government, community leaders, and volunteers will work side-by-side, tackling issues that affect residents every day. Our goal is to bridge the socio-economic gap that continues to affect the Dunbar Heights neighborhood of Shawnee and encourage residents to engage in art installations, landscaping, home repairs, yard clean-up, and community gardens. We are ready to build trust with city officials and empower neighbors and volunteers to create a more sustainable and resilient city. If you, or anybody you know, is in need of small home repairs, new paint, landscaping, and much more, please fill out our mini grant application Love Your Block Mini-Grant Application by May 31. Please stop by our offices for a paper copy.
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Mini-Grant Winners and Projects
2023 Announcement of Mini-Grant Recipients Coming Soon. Please Apply Here
January 14th: MLK City-Wide Cleanup (Register here to be contacted by a team member):
- One group will be moving items from the residential houses to our flatbed trailers
- A second group will be moving items from the flatbed to our roll-off dumpster located at the Community Center
Join The Team!
LYB Volunteer Registration Form (NOW OPEN)
Love Your Block Mini-Grant Application (NOW OPEN)
LYB Volunteer Handbook
Contact Us:
Love Your Block- Shawnee, OK
16 W 9th St, Shawnee, OK 74804
Shawnee, OK 74801
Phone: (405) 878-1665
Email: vista@shawneeok.org
Bailey Cotts (AmeriCorps VISTA), Sha'kiya Morris (Johns Hopkins Fellow)
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