Block Party?

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Anyone have any idea how one goes about arranging a neighborhood block party? I am sure I see many of you walking your dogs or having stoop sales all the time, but I'm too shy to do much more than smile. I think it would be awesome to block off a street one lovely saturday in august and bbq, drink, and mingle. It also might help lighten some of the racial tension on the block too, since I live between underhill and washington and I have read plenty on this board about "clorox," and have been called "snow flake" numerous times myself.

Any thoughts on how I might throw this thing together would be stellar.