19ᵉ edition of the Neighborhood Festival
This festive event, created in France in 1999 by an elected municipal official, aims to encourage citizens to get together annually for a 5 à 7, a specially organized activity such as a folk dance demonstration, an introduction to percussion instruments, or a potluck/potlatch between neighbors, on the first Saturday in June.
Why know your neighbourhood?
- Encouraging neighbors to help each other;
- Increase your sense of security;
- Creating new links between families;
- Contribute to intercultural sharing;
- Welcoming new citizens through the neighborhood;
- Increase citizen participation.
The City helps you organize the party!
Exemption from certain municipal by-laws :
- Street closure
- Occupation of the public domain
Loan of equipment (subject to availability of resources) :
- Tables
- Street barriers with street closure indication
Supply of virtual promotional tools:
- Invitation cards
- Promotional posters
- Festive organizer’s kit
Registration and material request
Register for the Neighbourhood Party and a representative from the Direction du loisir, de la culture et de la vie communautaire will contact you to confirm your equipment needs, if any.
Tips from the Party Pro!
Organizing a party can be complex without the right tools.
Here are some tips and tricks for organizing your Neighborhood Party:
1. Officially register your party on the city’s website by filling out the form. This first step will enable you to establish a link with a representative of the Direction du loisir, de la culture et de la vie communautaire (DLCVC). This way, we can answer your questions and help you organize your party (street closure authorization, table delivery, promotional and festive material, advice, etc.), while handing over the agreement for you to sign. We’re here to help.
2. Talk to your neighbors and find a suitable location. Plan your party in collaboration with your neighbors.
3. Divide up the tasks, share your ideas, discuss them. This joint preparation is already a bit of a party!
4. Obtain promotional material. Once the agreement has been signed and approved by the city representative, you’ll be able to pick up your organizer’s kit (including festive promotional items and printed promotional material), starting May 7, 2025.
5. Visit theESPACE MUNI website. As this organization is responsible for the national promotional campaign, you’ll find printable promotional tools, tips, event facts and more.
6. Print posters and invitation cards for distribution in your neighborhood or by e-mail.
7. Officially invite your neighbors.
8. Distribute invitation cards to your neighbors before the event. You can deliver them in a variety of ways: through mailboxes, by e-mail, through a Facebook group, and so on.
9. Encourage participation.
10. To ensure that as many people as possible can take part, work together to solve the problems faced by certain people in your neighborhood (childcare, disability, isolation, etc.). Be inclusive by adapting your party to everyone. Here are a few examples of inclusion measures:
- Write invitations in large print to ensure participation by people with low vision;
- Plan a children’s section with games and fun under the watchful eye of a volunteer;
- Make sure the site is accessible if neighbors have reduced mobility;
- Ensure that proposed activities are appropriate for various age groups (children, seniors, etc.).
1. Decorate the chosen area to make it visible and welcoming. Think of items that can be reused (e.g. garlands, colored fabric tablecloths, etc.).
2. Introduce yourself to neighbors who are joining the party. If you’re expecting a large number of people, you may want to bring along some helpers.
3. Hand out name tags to help identify people.
4. Cognez aux maisons, to remind latecomers or people who have forgotten. Please respect the decisions of those who do not wish to take part in the event.
5. Talk to all the neighbors present, thanking them for their participation. Make sure no one is in the way.
6. Organize activities to encourage exchange and discovery of others:
- A showcase of talent.
- Sharing cultural delicacies
- Learning a folk dance
- A mini yoga session.
7. Respect the peace and quiet of those who are not participating. Maintain an acceptable noise level when playing music.8. Think about the environment. Have bins for recycling, composting and waste, as well as a place to dispose of returnable cans.
9. Make sure the party ends before 10 p.m., including pick-up. Don’t leave anything lying around after the event. You can also store reusable decorations in a marked box, so you won’t have to look for them next year.
10. Replace City equipment in the right places. If you have requested delivery of tables or crowd barriers, please return them to the place where they were delivered.
1. Distribute thank-you notes in letterboxes, post a positive review on the Facebook group or simply keep in touch with your neighbors.
2. Schedule time with members of the organizing committee. This time is invaluable, for thanking people for their volunteer time, taking stock as a group of successes and suggestions for the next edition, and so on.
3. Take the satisfaction survey sent by the City. Your feedback is invaluable in enhancing your experience as an organizer.
Liven up your social networks!
Spread the word about your party, invite the neighborhood and support the movement on your social networks.
Subscribe to Espace MUNI’s Facebook page to follow all the highlights of Neighbours’ Day!
Organizers’ obligations
- Register by filling in the dedicated form before the May 4, 2025 deadline;
- Do not advertise the event until it has been approved by the city;
- Inform all neighbors of the event and any changes that may affect them;
- Maintain a safety corridor representing 50% of the roadway, free of all objects, to ensure the passage of emergency vehicles;
- Ensure safety within the perimeter of the activity, by the presence of a sufficient number of responsible people;
- No fixed structures are allowed;
- Do not obstruct hydrants;
- Make sure the party ends by 10 p.m. at the latest. (Please note that you’ll need to put away your equipment and clean up before this time, to ensure peace and quiet in the neighborhood);
- Pay particular attention to the equipment loaned by the City, and use it only for Neighborhood Day, if at all;
- Provide the necessary wheeled bins for waste, recycling and composting during the event;
- Respect all obligations agreed upon with the representative of the Direction du loisir, de la culture et de la vie communautaire, with regard to the conditions of the event and the safety of people and property during the event;
- Respect the standards and regulations of the City of Brossard, as well as all other directives and conditions related to the organization of the event.
- Inform all neighbors of the event and street closure;
- Maintain barricades at all entrances and exits to streets affected by the event, while allowing emergency vehicles to pass;
- Be sure to replace any barricades that have been moved during the event;
- Ensure that someone is on site at all times to remove barricades in an emergency;
- The city will forward to the Service de police de l’agglomération de Longueuil (SPAL), Service de sécurité incendie de l’agglomération de Longueuil (SSIAL) and Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL), the list and plans of all street closures on Brussel territory.
- Inform the Town of any use of a barbecue. Each location will be forwarded to the Service de sécurité incendie de l’agglomération de Longueuil (SSIAL), via the City. To ensure the safety of all participants, the barbecue must be located on a safe, flat surface. Only the cook will have access to the barbecue, and a safety perimeter must be set up by the organizer. For this purpose, if the barbecue is on the street, three crowd barriers will be loaned and delivered by the town.
Additional information
- Please note that the Mayor may attend your Neighborhood Party, and that anyone photographed must sign an authorization form so that the City can use their image for promotional or informational purposes, including on the City’s website, on social media, in internal and external City publications and in the media. A city representative will have the authorization forms on hand. Your Neighborhood Party kit will include stickers to pass on to people who don’t want their picture taken.
June 07 2025
Citizens of Brossard
A unifying and festive event
