RALEIGH URBAN RANGERS  is a new initiative, inspired by the LA Urban Rangers, to encourage more active use of our public spaces.  We invite everyone to explore and enjoy our shared urban landscape through memorable experiences like picnic parties, parking lot cyphers, urban hikes, city busking, street dancing and more.  We nurture bottom-up, citizen-led placemaking, uncovering the life of our city! Co-founded by Tina Govan and Marie Schacht, our ranger team grows and evolves with the participation of a wide range of community members. Let us know if you’d like to join us or have an idea for a grassroots activation!

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SKIPPING ROPE AND HANGING OUT ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET

We believe we need more places to casually hang out, not for a special event, but just places to be on ordinary days. We are the Raleigh Urban Rangers and have discovered people are looking for an invitation, for permission to stop, to hang,  to simply be. We propose making places to “stop” in the “go” of the street. We invite the city out to meet itself.  


LUMP LOT CYPHER
LUMP LOT CYPHER

The parking lot cypher, featuring NC State Cypher Univercity and DJ extraordinaire, Jake Mitchell, was a blast! The crowd came from all over: Oakwood, NC State, East Raleigh, Shaw and folks walking on the street.   It is clear,  talent is here, we just got to make a place where there is no fear!

DOWNTOWN PICNIC AND HAMMOCK HANG
DOWNTOWN PICNIC AND HAMMOCK HANG

Raleigh Urban Rangers' inaugural event was a lunchtime picnic and hammock hang in Market Plaza, downtown off of Fayetteville Street. Passersby were happy to stop and eat, or grab a hammock, putting their feet up in the middle of downtown. What if more of our public spaces were spontaneously used and animated like this? We welcome the city out to play!