Community gardens, murals among ground-up projects to liven up HDB towns, public spaces via Lively Places Fund
For projects that will include a physical makeover of existing public spaces and will occupy to six months to apply, a building fund of approximately $5,000 is readily available. These may include community arts projects and temporary pop-up installations.
In a LinkedIn blog post on March 15, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development, Alvin Tan, explained the Lively Places Fund as “a wonderful method for you to develop your neighbourhood a far better place”.
To insert delight and vibrancy right into Singapore’s public areas and cultivate stronger bonds, the Lively Places Fund offers approximately $20,000 in financing to sustain community-driven placemaking assignments.
A shared campaign by the Housing Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority, the fund intends to urge residents, developers and artists to launch jobs that stimulate public areas in HDB estates and throughout the country to bring people collectively and create friendly and lively areas.
The structure fund increases to $20,000 for projects with an execution period of greater than 6 months, such as converting void decks into area cafes.
Up to $5,000 is readily available for smaller, short-term activity programs or activities to bond neighbours in HDB areas. Instances consist of block parties, an anti-littering project, and a community reprocessing day.
He also shared photos from a workshop conducted at Temasek Shophouse he had actually participated in as component of the HDB Lively Places Challenge 2026, along with HDB personnel and citizens that are joining the challenge. Enrollment has actually shut for the current edition.
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This year, the Lively Places Challenge focuses on not-for-profit pitches that can enable senior citizens to age well, encourage ecological sustainability through eco-friendly campaigns, reinforce bonds between neighbors and foster a neighborhood spirit amongst citizens, or promote favorable social norms and community possession.
All proposals are to be located within common spaces, such as void decks, precinct eco-friendly and roofing gardens, of HDB developments in communities and estates consisting of Bidadari, Clementi, Pasir Ris, Tengah and Woodlands.
“If you have a dream for your estate, do not allow it remain just a concept. Come and pitch it to us. The group is willing to guide you and offer the resources to turn your vision right into reality,” Tan wrote.
Throughout the years, projects that have actually resurrected with the fund consist of community yards on roof porch, landscapes that aid senior citizens with mental deterioration find their method, and space decks became “neighborhood living-room” for everybody to enjoy, he added.
