May 2013 Meeting Agenda
Our May 11, 2013, meeting is coming up very soon! We meet from 9:30am to 11:30am at the Roosevelt Commons Clubhouse, 825 N 6th Avenue in downtown Phoenix.
On our agenda:
I. Call to Order and Introductions
II. Consent Agenda (for information only)
- Treasurer’s Report – Louisa Stark
III. Community Updates / Guest Speakers
- Roosevelt Streetscape and Upcoming Streets Projects – Ray Dovalina and others
- Novawest presentation on “The Pin” observation deck – Jay Thorne and Eric Johnson
IV. Updates on DVC Action Items 2013 – as needed
V. Old Business
- DVC t-shirt design approval – Louise Roman / Steve Weiss / Will Bruder
- Hance Park updates – Louise Roman / Tim Sprague / Edward Jensen
VI. New Business
- New Subcommittee to look at Bylaws Amendments – Executive Committee
- Adams Street design charrettes – open floor to those who attended
- Valley of the Sunflowers parking lot – Tim Eigo et al
VII. Open Floor – 2 minutes each, please!
VIII. Adjournment – A meeting of the Officers may follow.
Next Meeting: Saturday 8 June 2013, 9:30am, Roosevelt Commons Clubhouse
Celebrate Earth Day 2013 in Downtown Phoenix
From April 22 – 27, Downtown Phoenix will become spring cleaning headquarters as Spring Cleaning Week brings together the community and business to beautify Downtown Phoenix.
This weeklong donation and recycling drive will end with a giant charity I Recycle Phoenix Street Sale with all proceeds used to bring shade, greening and art to our streets.
How can you join in?
Clean out your closets, donate your items and shop our Street Sale.
Spring Cleaning Week is proudly brought to you by Downtown Phoenix Recycles, The Downtown Phoenix Partnership, and Keep Phoenix Beautiful.
For complete details, visit http://www.downtownphoenix.com/recycles
April 2013 Meeting Agenda
Our April 13, 2013, meeting is coming up very soon! We meet from 9:30am to 11:30am at the Roosevelt Commons Clubhouse, 825 N 6th Avenue in downtown Phoenix.
On our agenda:
I. Call to Order and Introductions
II. Consent Agenda (for information only)
- Treasurer’s Report
III. Community Updates / Guest Speakers
- METRO South Central Ave project – Sonya Pastor
- Roosevelt Streetscape planning – Sean Sweat / Kevin Rille
- Shipping Container Infill Project – Cole Van Norman
- Reinvent PHX – Kurt Upton
IV. Updates on DVC Action Items 2013 – as needed
V. Old Business
- DVC as 501(c)(3) organization
- DVC t-shirt comments and/or approval
- Follow-up and Action Items from The Arizona We Want forum
- Hance Park Master Plan team
- Greening Grand Avenue project
- Downtown Phoenix Inc. updates
VI. New Business
- DVC Officers’ Nomination Committee
- City of Phoenix FY2014 Budget and Food Tax
- DVC 10th Anniversary Planning Committee
- Novawest/BIG proposed “The Pin” and DPI involvement
- Downtown Phoenix dog parks
VII. Open Floor – 2 minutes each, please!
VIII. Adjournment – A meeting of the Officers may follow.
Hance Park Master Plan Design Team is announced
Earlier today, the City of Phoenix Parks & Recreation Department announced their recommendation for the Hance Park Master Plan RFQ (Request for Qualifications). The four finalist firms were Weddle & Gilmore (from Scottsdale), Stoss Landscape Urbanism (Boston, Mass.), Gould Evans (Phoenix), and West 8 Urban Design (Rotterdam, Netherlands). The recommendation went to Weddle & Gilmore, having scored the most points on the City’s scoring criteria.
Joining Weddle & Gilmore are the following firms with expertise in various areas:
- !melk (landscape architecture) – New York, N.Y.
- Floor Associates (landscape architecture) – Phoenix, Ariz.
- HR&A Advisors (development advisory) – New York, N.Y.
- ETM Associates (public space design) – Highland Park, N.J.
- City Activators Inc. – New York, N.Y.
- Rider Levett Bucknall (construction project management) – global
- Pentagram (visual design) – London / New York, N.Y.
- Kimber Lanning (Local First Arizona) – Phoenix, Ariz.
- Public Workshop (youth involvement in urban design) – Philadelphia, Penn.
- David Evans & Associates (land development design) – Portland, Ore.
- Buro Happold (environmental engineering) – Bath, England, U.K.
- IAS Labs (soil analysis) – Tempe, Ariz.
- Artistic Arborist (tree management) – Phoenix, Ariz.
- RAMM (geotechnical engineering) – Tempe, Ariz.
We look forward to working with Weddle & Gilmore as well as these other organizations to make Hance Park a world-class park.
Downtown Voices issues statement on Phoenix’s anti-discrimination policy
Pictured here is Downtown Voices Coalition’s statement on the proposed amendment to the City of Phoenix’s anti-discrimination policy. The organization’s position on this matter is in keeping with one of its nine guiding principles – diversity – outlined here:
“Downtown should reflect a sensitivity to the diverse ethnic, socio-economic, and educational backgrounds, along with the variation in age groups and sexual preferences that are an important characteristic of our downtown neighborhoods. Success of downtown redevelopment will embrace this diversity and incorporate it as a dynamic community asset.”
How We Rebuild Neighborhoods After Foreclosures Explored by @ThePublicSquare
While the foreclosure crisis is starting to ease across Arizona and the country, neighborhoods still must reckon with the damage.
In what looks to be a great program, Zócalo Public Square and Arizona State University host an event on Monday, February 11, at the Heard Museum. The 6:30 pm event brings together a talented panel:
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis economist William R. Emmons
- Arizona State University geographer Deirdre Pfeiffer
- Mortgage Resolution Partners CEO Graham Williams
The moderator will be Fernanda Santos, Phoenix Bureau Chief for the New York Times.
More information is here.
