Downtown Economic Development Initiative
The Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commission invites you to preview the artwork planned for the Lot 5 Downtown
Economic Development Project.
Chapel
Hill Public Arts
Commission
Lot 5 Artwork
Community Meeting
5:00 to 6:00
pm
Monday, January
28,
2008
The Chapel Hill Public Library,
Downstairs Meeting
Room
During the community meeting,
highly acclaimed public environmental artist Mikyoung Kim will present the Arts Master
Plan and a preliminary art piece for Lot 5.
This condominium, retail and parking complex, at the intersections of West Franklin, Church and West Rosemary Streets, is a
private development project by Ram Development Company. Ram has committed
one percent of this project budget to the artwork.
Kim’s master plan identifies two
areas for artwork. She will work within the main plaza of Lot 5, and a second artist will be
selected in early February to create art along Rosemary
Street. Both projects will highlight the
processes of nature through the use of water and light.
For more
information about the project, please visit these
websites:
·
Chapel Hill Public Arts
Commission (http://www.chapelhillarts.org/programs_percent_curr_5.php)
·
Mikyoung
Kim
(http://www.mikyoungkim.com)
·
Ram Development
Company
(http://www.ramrealestate.com)
·
Town of Chapel Hill, Downtown
Economic Development Initiative (http://townhall.townofchapelhill.org/projects/dedi)
Date:
Monday, January 28, 2008 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
I've been thinking a lot about the evolution of our community to a more urban mode of development. I think this is generally a good thing because it allows us to continue to grow without sprawling ever-outward, and also supports more pedestrian-oriented land uses which will build the critical mass needed to support fixed-guideway (rail or dedicated busway) transit. This continued growth (at a moderate pace, of course) is essential to maintain at least a modicum of affordable housing options. We can't just close the gate behind us now that we've got ours.
But of course this doesn't mean that anything big is automatically good. Similar to Carolina North if it's done right urbanization can revolutionize our community. But if done poorly it could ruin many of the things we love about living here. So I have a growing concern that our current planning and development review process is built to manage the suburban-style growth that we have seen for the last couple of decades.
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