2024-05-01T23:15:15-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/136902174/london-mayor-boris-johnson-pledges-285-000-to-crowdfunding-projects Julia Ingalls 2015-09-18T07:38:00-04:00 >2015-09-17T19:40:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/od/od4vrktyayg3yqjq.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>This week, he signed over &pound;285,000 of his &pound;9m High Street Fund, created in March, to projects which will "re-energise the capital's high streets"...the mayor's office is donating to these projects through Spacehive, a civic crowdfunding website through which campaigners can raise money from the public to fund their community schemes.</p></em><br /><br /><p>From a proposed revitalization project known as the "Peckham Coal Line" that, much like New York City's <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/2191/high-line" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High Line</a>, would transform abandoned coal sidings into a foliage-rich walkway for pedestrians and cyclists, to a public library in an alley known as a "Literalley," designers and dreamers alike are being encouraged to enter their high street improving projects into a bid to be awarded money from <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/119508970/boris-johnson-greenlights-london-s-crossrail-bicycle-superhighway" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mayor Johnson</a>. His favorite projects will receive up to &pound;20,000 each.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/45/45ta0zd1y579ytyf.jpg"></p>