The Circus Creative Collective and Five Rivers MetroParks Grow With Your Neighbors are combining efforts to create a vibrant community art park & community garden in downtown Dayton and we would like to invite you to join us!

The Dayton Circus (www.daytoncircus.org ) is a group of artists dedicated to building a nourishing environment that will encourage community interaction, artistic collaboration, and the empowerment of the individual. We offer a place to create, perform, and share freely in the experience of living. We envision a Dayton that attracts and retains creative people and fosters the creative expression inherent in everyone. We value: Dayton, Community, Creativity, Growth, Connection, Inclusion, Empowerment, Expression, Inspiration, Equality, Diversity, Support, and Sustainability.

The art park supports our values of community involvement and beautifying downtown Dayton!

We have arranged to lease the vacant lot on the NE corner of Wayne and 4th Street (between the Oregon District & the Cannery) from the city and hope to have art exhibits, community picnics, bonfires, concerts, movies, as well as community garden plots with the assistance of Five Rivers MetroParks Grow With Your Neighbors program. Our lease is still pending but the growing season is upon us so we need to start preparing growing space! We are a non-profit, grassroots organization that has a lot of heart but little in the way of resources. We hope that the community will get behind this project with volunteers and resources to help make our downtown a better place for all of us to live!

We are looking for community support! We would greatly appreciate your donation of services, garden supplies or a monetary donation for our cause!

We are planning an organizational meeting and work day on Saturday, May 24th at 10am in the garden space.

See you in the garden!

Lisa Helm, project co-leader
937-902-1350
Lily Whitehead, project co-leader
937-626-8013