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Our Northern Lights Eco Adventures campers had fun volunteering in the #LagoonOutlookGarden in Marquette Park Gary this summer.  The Volunteer Office for Community Accessibility Resource, and Training is seeking volunteers for several projects. If you're interested please follow and message their page on facebook . From Gary's Miller Spotlight's Faceboook: Saturday, September 11, 2018, we celebrated the Lagoon Outlook Garden. Over the course of 2017 and 2018 volunteers have been working on creating an accessible garden at Marquette Park Lagoon. The idea of creating an accessible garden came as a natural continuation of the commitment Gary’s Miller Spotlight’s transportation and infrastructure action group, Access Miller, has to creating a life-long community for all. In 2016, with the support and partnership of Causes for Change International, N.W.I.P.A., the City of Gary, Legacy Foundation, Mortar Net Solutions and generous donations...

We’ve been happy to help show critical mass for the completion of the  # MarquetteGreenway . Hopefully NIRPC’s BUILD application will get funded. The Marquette Greenway will take bicyclists and pedestrians on a scenic trip around the southern tip of Lake Michigan.

Captain's Log June 22, 2018-Ogden Dunes/ Marquette Trail Our final day of camp we partnered with the Calumet Artist Residency and contributed to the Gary Poetry Project.   The campers helped weed the Lagoon Outlook Garden at Marquette Park in Gary’s Miller Community.   Then we had a debriefing session where the campers presented their initial findings to their friends and family. Thank you to Miller Pizza for the dinner donation! Our campers are from Gary, Griffith, Munster, Porter and Valpo.   They will conduct service based learning across Lake, Porter and La Porte Counties. They will showcase these projects to the public on Saturday, October 13 from 4-6pm at the Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts.      Thank you to our Gold Level Sponsor,  NWI Clean Air , our backbone organization  Miller Beach Arts & Creative District , our community partner  Family Folklore Foundation, Inc . and all our ...

Captain's Log June 21, 2018-Gary/ Marquette Trail/ Chanute Trail/ Miller Woods The kids learned about the importance of creating inclusive programming and park designs for all as they helped with the Adaptive Sunset Paddle.  View this post on Instagram Had to move inside due to the rain but we still ran our workshop on how to paddle with the #DouglasCenter and the #BlindSocialCenter. A post shared by Renslow4TheRegion (@renslow4theregion) on Jun 21, 2018 at 5:08pm PDT They partnered with The Douglas Center , The Blind Social Center-Gar y, Causes for Change and VOCART .  The weather was not cooperative but we still had fun. Thank you to our Gold Level Sponsor,  NWI Clean Air , our backbone organization  Miller Beach Arts & Creative District , our community partner  Family Folklore Foundation, Inc . and all our individual donors. Please email ...