…and anyone else who was part of this project. I’m just mentioning Heidi Hamilton, Director of Public Works, and Joel Walinski, Director of Operations, because I know, in the big picture, this is part of their “portfolio” of responsibilities. Too often we only give recognition to the high profile and high buck projects. Much ofContinue reading “Thank You, Heidi and Joel”
Category Archives: Action Squad
Yet Another Year Without Bike Racks and Newspaper Corrals
The City Staff and Consultants announced their recommendations for the 2006 Downtown Improvement Projects yesterday. The list contains the Library Plaza, Decorative Fencing for Parking Lots, Arches at the Entrances to the River, Wayfinding Signage and more Benches and Planters. Notably absent are the Bike Racks and Newpaper Corrals. In our opinion, all of theContinue reading “Yet Another Year Without Bike Racks and Newspaper Corrals”
Choose Between the String of Pearls and the Rhythm of Plazas
The titles of the concepts are less important that the elements that each contains. Attend the Public Forum on the City’s Streetscape Plan Wednesday, September 28th 4:30 to 6:00 PM in the Archer House Meeting Room Review the two concepts presented by the consultants and offer feedback to city staff.
Posting of Post-Its: Ad Hoc Task Force/Downtown Improvement Process
Thanks to Keith and Judy Covey, we now have a a posting of the ideas document (5 page PDF) generated by the group attending the NDDC’s recent Evening Forum. Some of the attendees merely observed; most of the attendees shared their ideas on post-it notes. Dixon Bond Those ideas on this list (PDF) that areContinue reading “Posting of Post-Its: Ad Hoc Task Force/Downtown Improvement Process”
Downtown Stakeholders Offer Input
The NDDC hosted a stakeholder input gathering session Wednesday night at the Upstairs Rueb. The purpose of the session was to give the NDDC’s representative to the Mayor’s Ad Hoc Task Force, Joe Grundhoefer, ideas to bring to the table for discussion and, hopefully, implementation. The session was professionally facilitated by Charles Skinner of FitContinue reading “Downtown Stakeholders Offer Input”