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sally greene
Feb 26, 2008, 10:52:07 PM2/26/08
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Dear friends,
For starters this time, I want to let you know about the community art project coming up this Saturday, March 1, at the Chapel Hill Community Center Park, and to encourage you to come! From the Public Arts Commission's web site:
"This year's Community Art Project will be inaugurated with a public art event, 'ELEMENTS: A Labyrinth,' at Community Park at 120 South Estes Dr. in Chapel Hill on March 1, 2008 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The public is invited to help build a labyrinth out of natural materials salvaged from the Bolin Creek Greenway. The theme for the 2008 Community Art Project is 'Elements.'"
"The ELEMENTS labyrinth will invite participants to contemplate the lasting mark we make on our world. What do we do with the elements of our lives? If everything is here forever, how can we assure that our contributions are worthy? What elements do we use wisely and which do we squander?"
"Bring work gloves and a willing spirit to help build the labyrinth at Community Park on March 1, 2008. Wear long sleeves for best protection. Come anytime and stay as long as you wish. All ages are welcome. Rain date is Sunday, March 2."
Leading the project will be the wonderfully creative environmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck:
http://www.bryantholsenbeck.com/
If you've been in the area long enough, you know already that Bryant has been recycling found objects since way back when it was merely cool.
Actions from Monday night's council meeting
1. Wireless access for public housing. We authorized enhancing our pilot wi-fi project to add wireless hotspots in public housing neighborhoods, beginning with Craig-Gomains and South Estes. This action responds to a petition from the CHCCS. We look forward to partnering with the public schools in this project to help bridge the digital divide.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/orange/story/965625.html
2. Bradley Ridge subdivision. The Bradley Ridge subdivision on the east side of Sunrise Road between Sweeten Creek Road and I-40, is actually a joint project of a market-rate developer and Habitat for Humanity. Habitat's plans to develop this property began about six years ago and went through many iterations and negotiations to get to this point. Congratulations are in order to all concerned for reaching a happy result.
In other news
1. Gordon Heuther, a California artist, won the competition for the second of two public art projects planned for the Lot 5 development. An artist who works primarily in metal and glass, he has produced works for the Ontario International Airport, the San Bruno, California Bay Area Transit Station, the Dallas Homeless Assistance Center, and elsewhere. He will work with Mikyoung Kim, who was in town recently to preview her conceptual designs for the plaza space.
2. Got any good ideas? The town invites public comment on how to improve its web site and its GIS technology to provide better services. A focus group on the web site is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 4 in the conference room of the Chapel Hill Public Library. A focus group on the GIS project will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 5 in the first floor conference room of Town Hall.
Strategic planning
Tomorrow night, the council will hold a work session to discuss the development of a strategic plan for the town. Lots of issues are facing us, from continuing to foster organizational change within the town's operating departments, to working on issues involving our downtown and economic development generally, to engaging with UNC collaboratively and productively on Carolina North, and more. Engagement in this kind of long-term thinking is an important and necessary step. I'll look forward to this conversation.
As always, please stay in touch with your own ideas.
Cheers,
Sally
http://sallygreene.org
http://greenespace.blogspot.com
For starters this time, I want to let you know about the community art project coming up this Saturday, March 1, at the Chapel Hill Community Center Park, and to encourage you to come! From the Public Arts Commission's web site:
"This year's Community Art Project will be inaugurated with a public art event, 'ELEMENTS: A Labyrinth,' at Community Park at 120 South Estes Dr. in Chapel Hill on March 1, 2008 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The public is invited to help build a labyrinth out of natural materials salvaged from the Bolin Creek Greenway. The theme for the 2008 Community Art Project is 'Elements.'"
"The ELEMENTS labyrinth will invite participants to contemplate the lasting mark we make on our world. What do we do with the elements of our lives? If everything is here forever, how can we assure that our contributions are worthy? What elements do we use wisely and which do we squander?"
"Bring work gloves and a willing spirit to help build the labyrinth at Community Park on March 1, 2008. Wear long sleeves for best protection. Come anytime and stay as long as you wish. All ages are welcome. Rain date is Sunday, March 2."
Leading the project will be the wonderfully creative environmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck:
http://www.bryantholsenbeck.com/
If you've been in the area long enough, you know already that Bryant has been recycling found objects since way back when it was merely cool.
Actions from Monday night's council meeting
1. Wireless access for public housing. We authorized enhancing our pilot wi-fi project to add wireless hotspots in public housing neighborhoods, beginning with Craig-Gomains and South Estes. This action responds to a petition from the CHCCS. We look forward to partnering with the public schools in this project to help bridge the digital divide.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/orange/story/965625.html
2. Bradley Ridge subdivision. The Bradley Ridge subdivision on the east side of Sunrise Road between Sweeten Creek Road and I-40, is actually a joint project of a market-rate developer and Habitat for Humanity. Habitat's plans to develop this property began about six years ago and went through many iterations and negotiations to get to this point. Congratulations are in order to all concerned for reaching a happy result.
In other news
1. Gordon Heuther, a California artist, won the competition for the second of two public art projects planned for the Lot 5 development. An artist who works primarily in metal and glass, he has produced works for the Ontario International Airport, the San Bruno, California Bay Area Transit Station, the Dallas Homeless Assistance Center, and elsewhere. He will work with Mikyoung Kim, who was in town recently to preview her conceptual designs for the plaza space.
2. Got any good ideas? The town invites public comment on how to improve its web site and its GIS technology to provide better services. A focus group on the web site is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 4 in the conference room of the Chapel Hill Public Library. A focus group on the GIS project will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 5 in the first floor conference room of Town Hall.
Strategic planning
Tomorrow night, the council will hold a work session to discuss the development of a strategic plan for the town. Lots of issues are facing us, from continuing to foster organizational change within the town's operating departments, to working on issues involving our downtown and economic development generally, to engaging with UNC collaboratively and productively on Carolina North, and more. Engagement in this kind of long-term thinking is an important and necessary step. I'll look forward to this conversation.
As always, please stay in touch with your own ideas.
Cheers,
Sally
http://sallygreene.org
http://greenespace.blogspot.com
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