Our 3D Vision group is working on a community art and beautification project.
We want to beautify and make our neighborhoods safer and we’d like to use one or two of our alleys (or streets) as pilot projects which might spur more interest throughout Riverwest and beyond. In the short run we hope this will result in us being part of ArtWalk and getting a little press, and in the long run we hope this idea spreads out into other parts of the city.
Specifically, we’d like to bring art, and perhaps mini gardens, into the alleys. We’re working right now to hook up with some artists (of all ages and genres, come on over!) who would be willing to paint murals on garage doors. Property owners would receive a rough sketch of the work to be done, and would have input and say in what goes on their space. This could expand to stencils for use in alleys (or on trash cans, to encourage their use), or personalized stencils to go in front of each house, according to the specifications of the resident/homeowner. We could also do a little gardening in the occasional small patches that are found in some alleys.
Continue reading ‘Art on the Streets and in the Alleys’
5 Aug 2008 | 10:19 am | Art, Safety, DIY - Do It Yourself, 3rd District | No comments yet - Add your comments
A Fire and Police Commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, and includes proposed amendments to the Fire and Police Commission Rules.
also Note under VII, Police Department: Request to Amend MPD Rule 4, Rescission of Rule 9, and Creation of SOP 340.
All very vague.
Additionally, no minutes to the previous meeting are available. According to folks at the FPC, “Minutes are usually developed for each meeting. However, in the recent past they have been delayed due to press of business and short staff. We will develop them as time permits, and hopefully one day we will be able to keep them current. In the meantime, any questions regarding what happened at the last meeting may be telephoned or e-mailed in for response.”
um, what? Minutes are usually developed?
Now that’s public process!
July 7, 2008
PUBLIC NOTICE – FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
DATE: July 10, 2008
TIME: 4:45 p.m. (open committee meeting)
5:30 p.m. (open session)
PLACE: Room 301-A, City Hall, 200 East Wells Street (open committee meeting)
Room 301-A, City Hall, 200 East Wells Street (open session)
AGENDA ITEMS – Open Committee Meeting
The Committee on Rules and Complaints of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners will meet in open session to consider the following proposed amendments to Fire and Police Commission Rules:
Continue reading ‘Amending the Fire and Police Commission Rules’
8 Jul 2008 | 1:34 pm | Safety | No comments yet - Add your comments
Bike cops by Sura, October 24
Bike cops help make our streets safer.
They broaden bike culture.
They’re more accessible as human beings and are easier to get to know.
They have closer and longer eyes on the streets.
They’re faster than cops on foot.
I talk to bike cops almost every time I see them.
We need more.
24 Oct 2007 | 10:18 pm | Safety, Streets, Bicycles, Pedestrians | Read 1 comment - Add your comments
