After much toiling and fussing we managed to pull together this beauty. The ramp is a four piece modular system that can be taken apart and deployed fairly easily. The railings are removable and came together amazingly! We like to call them Braille-ings because the name of the restaurant and StopGap is written in braille …
Today we are sending huge congratulations out to Meagan MacKenzie and her group of incredible volunteers who successfully launched their Community Ramp Project this past week in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island! We couldn’t be happier to learn that the Community Ramp Project has landed on the east coast! This news makes it official that we …
Enjoy reading this article that was just published in Spacing Magazine about the potential of The Ramp Project to remove physical barriers in communities like St. John’s! Here is the link to the article: http://spacing.ca/national/2014/11/12/updating-st-johns-accessibility/
Today we’d like to congratulate Fraser O’Neill and celebrate all of his efforts in taking on a Community Ramp Project in Hamilton! Here are some pictures of Fraser and the first ramp that will no doubt create conversation, raise awareness, and help remove barriers in Hamilton!
Last week was a great week for media attention! The Community Ramp Project was featured on CBC News AND we had the chance to speak with Aaron Broverman from Now Magazine! Thank you Aaron for putting together such a great story, we are super grateful for the opportunity to share what we are up to …
We had the incredibly fortunate opportunity to meet with CBC’s Lucy Lopez in Kensington market on Thursday last week to talk about The Community Ramp Project and the need to design with everyone in mind in order to create a society free of physical barriers. It was great to hear David Lepofsky’s (chair of the …
We received a gem of a tweet today informing us about the launch of a Community Ramp Project in the small fishing port just outside of Vancouver! Check out this article that appeared in the local community paper today! Click here for the article.
Last weekend we hit another community ramp project home run, an out of the park grand slam in fact. In three days we built, painted, and delivered a record-breaking 48 ramps for businesses in Toronto’s Annex and College Street neighbourhoods between Bathurst and Spadina. There are so many amazing people and organizations to thank and …
Angelica Blenich from The Echo in Haliburton County wrote this great piece on the latest ramp project to hit the streets! Click here to read!
Angela Andrews, a health promoter in Haliburton County, has started a community ramp project in Haliburton County! Last week Angela and her team of volunteers delivered their first two ramps to local businesses with a single stepped entry. Congratulations to you and your team Angela, we are so incredibly proud to learn about the successful …