Community Intro
Since its inception in 1873, Deep Ellum has been a diverse, urban, walking neighborhood - organically grown, not master-planned. No one here cares what you look like, how you dress, or what you drive. It is a neighborhood based on a culture of creativity and it shows everywhere you look.
If you live in Deep Ellum, you can walk to dozens of restaurants, galleries, live music venues, neighborhood pubs and businesses of all types. You can walk to a butcher shop, a cheese maker, a bakery, and a farmers market. You can hit the Bark Park to walk your dog and meet friends or just take a walking mural tour of Deep Ellum's many murals and public art. And along the way, you are likely to see other neighborhood friends doing their thing, or getting involved in countless community projects like painting murals, building urban gardens, going on community bike rides, etc.
If for some reason you have to leave the neighborhood, we have two DART stations on our doorstep ready to get you there and back.
Deep Ellum also has a vibrant patchwork of community organizations working hard to make things even better. But the march of acronyms can get a little confusing. We try to catalog them here so you can find out more about each and figure out where and how you can get involved, along with information on various community projects, community garden and sustainability efforts, and our fabulous Bark Park.
Raise the Arts!
Art and Music Supply Drive to Benefit MLK Elementary!
4th December, 2012
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Raise the Arts! Holiday Art and Music Supply Drive
Life in Deep Ellum and DECA are sponsoring the Raise the Arts music and art supplies holiday drive…
Community Potluck Dinner
At Deep Ellum Urban Gardens
14th October, 2012
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Sunday, October 14, 5-7pm is the fall Community Potluck Dinner in the Deep Ellum Urban Gardens! (Corner of Canton and Good Latimer) Come take a look at…
Urban Garden Applications!
Applications and Workdays
27th August, 2012
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Apply for a Plot Now
The online application form is now LIVE!
Click here for more info, and the online application.
DUG Workdays
September 1. Installing…
"Deep Ellum Texas" Branding
Belmont Ice House Wins
16th July, 2012
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At the 3rd Annual Deep Ellum BBQ and Cakewalk the Deep Ellum Community Association (DECA) revealed the new branding for our "Deep Ellum Texas" campaign…
Community BBQ/Cakewalk at DEBC…
Sunday, July 15, 7-10pm
12th July, 2012
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Branding Contest $1500 Prize…
30th January, 2012
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The phrase “Deep Ellum Texas” suggests the uniqueness of Deep Ellum as a place unto itself. And now we need a “Deep Ellum Texas” logo that reflects all…
Elm and Commerce Revitaliza…
24th October, 2011
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As many know, the City is finalizing plans to redo a large portion of Elm (soon) and Commerce (eventually). Elm Street is first, with construction set…
Help the Deep Ellum Urban…
13th October, 2011
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The Deep Ellum Community Association's DUG Committee is working hard to bring a real community garden to Deep Ellum. The Deep Ellum Foundation, the Deep…
In Deep Ellum, How to Trans…
by Robert Wilonsky, Unfair Park
18th December, 2010
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Over the weekend, some 65 people paraded into Sean Fitzgerald's Canton Street home to talk about how in the world to plant a community garden in Deep…
Deepellumtexas.com!
The start of something new
16th August, 2010
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Deepellumtexas.com is a project of the Deep Ellum Community Association to provide a united voice for Deep Ellum and the beginning point for anyone who…