ENL takes place on the fourth Friday of every month at the Hayward Adult School, weather permitting. Eden Night Live is DSAL’s monthly, family-friendly, placemaking event to celebrate the arts, culture, food, recreation, small business, and community! The Hayward Adult School parking lot will be transformed into a safe place for kids to play, adults to connect, neighbors to meet, nonprofits to sha
re resources, and performers and small businesses to reach new audiences. We’ll also open up the new Sunset Futsal Park for free, after-hours, recreational soccer. Eden Night Live features:
Futsal at the new Sunset Futsal Courts
Music and dancing
Food vendors
Games for all ages
Group art projects
Resource fair
Eden Night Live is a key element of DSAL’s Community Capitals Public Safety model to improve safety outcomes through a continuous effort to listen, problem solve, and improve until the system shifts for the betterment of the residents and the community. Eden Night Live explores the role the arts and artistic activities play in strengthening our communities. The Community Capitals approach is not just about safety; it’s also about long overdue systems changes to create neighborhoods where youth, adults, and families can thrive. Bringing people together to socialize, inspire each other, rejuvenate their surroundings, and effect change is one of the most important things we do. Eden Night Live was designed to:
· activate underused spaces,
· strengthen community pride and resourcefulness,
· strengthen accountability and team building skills through play,
· stimulate the local economy,
· improve public safety,
· build trust and collective efficacy,
· create resilience, and
· rethink how our institutions work.
