Vrac Environnement is a not-for-profit organization which pursues and support environmentally friendly projects in Montreal, principally in Parc-Extension. This neighborhood being the densest, poorest and most in need of green space in the city, our not-for-profit organization decided to undertake a participatory design project to green a first alley and transform it into a meeting place. With $12 000 in hand and a few hearty neighbors, we set out to clean, dig, build a new passage way, plant, and paint. With stunning success, Vrac will start working on more alleys in summer 2010, as well as on one of the local school yard.