A Jane’s Walk is a hosted walk around a neighbourhood, with a focus on sharing local knowledge and stories.
Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, community-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs and takes place on the first weekend of May.
Ingredients:
- An area you want to explore
- Retailers, residents or others to share their stories about the place
- Put the call out for people to join you on the walk
Method:
- To prepare, grab a friend and go for a walk around your area.
- Listen, observe, and learn interesting things about the place. Knock on some doors and ask a few people to see if they would like to share their stories of the area. Contact your local council or historical society to learn more about the area.
- Work out a day, time, a walking route and a schedule.
- Once you have a route planned; invite your community to join you on this walking conversation. Promote walk on your local community channels and/or print flyers and do a maildrop.
