SOHIP Beautification Committee
Making SOHIP more beautiful, one corner at a time.
The committee improves sidewalks, corners and medians, turns underused parcels into community assets, and makes sure public spaces reflect neighborhood pride as the area develops.
Upcoming
Committee meetings, clean-up days, and volunteer mornings. Neighbors and members are both welcome.
SOHIP Pop-Up: Cleanup at the Plaza
Join the SOHIP Beautification Committee for a cleanup of the SOHIP Plaza at 4111 Gilbert Ave. No materials or experience required, we will have everything for you!
Bring comfortable clothing as we will be getting sweaty cutting overgrown vegetation, pulling weeds, raking debris, and helping clean up our neighborhood.
The Gilbert & Avondale triangles
Our first major project explores transforming the empty triangular parcels at Gilbert and Avondale, through low-maintenance landscaping, a possible dog-friendly green space, or modest design elements that signal neighborhood identity. All of it inside city ownership and safety constraints.
What's next
School green space
Improving access to green space at the neighborhood school.
Tree canopy
Expanding tree coverage across the neighborhood, block by block.
Lemmon Avenue
Beautification along Lemmon to create more inviting edges and reflect the residential character behind them.
Smaller projects, ongoing
Neighborhood murals, in partnership with property owners.
Markers and signage that tell you where you are.
Coordinated volunteer days across the alleys and medians.
Watching vacant and active development sites for compliance with neighborhood standards.
Why beautification matters
The work demonstrates stewardship, creates safer walkable spaces, and gives us leverage in arguing for development that respects zoning and neighborhood scale. A neighborhood that takes care of its corners is harder to dismiss.
How to get involved
Join the email updates.
Volunteer for a project day.
Adopt a trouble spot.
Suggest a location.
Sign up to help
Tell us how you would like to pitch in, or point us at a corner that needs attention. We will email you before the next work day. No cost, no commitment.