Chairman Keuth and Planning Commission Members:
The Artists Issues Task Force has been working on the Arts, Culture, and Small Business District overlay for over two years now, and we think we have come up with a reasonable and balanced plan that will make it easier for the arts and small business uses to prosper and [...]
Downtown Voices Coalition has been involved in the ASU College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation variance issue since the first hearing in January 2008. The Coalition, its steering committee, and the organizations it represents can now lend support for the requested variances based on improvements made to the building’s exterior and movement towards subscribing to Urban Form Project design [...]
Dear Planning Commission Chair Keuth:
Downtown Voices Coalition, in a unanimous vote with one abstention, supports the City of Phoenix Planning Department staff recommendations regarding the amendment of the Zoning Ordinance to establish the Arts, Culture, and Small Business Overlay District. This amendment would accomplish three things:
Encourage new and existing small businesses, including arts groups, art-spaces, [...]
For the past two years, an Artist’s Issues Task Force (under the auspices of the city’s Downtown Development Office) has worked to develop an Arts, Culture, and Small Business Overlay in and around downtown Phoenix. The current proposal has gone through an extensive public review process and citizen comments and ideas have been incorporated.
Additional public comment [...]
Frank Dolasinski
Zoning Administrator
City of Phoenix
200 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Dear Mr. Dolasinski:
The Downtown Voices Coalition had representation at the variance hearing on January 10 regarding the ASU School of Nursing, ZA-997-07. However, we did not learn about the hearing, and the variances being requested, until the morning of the meeting. We are in the process [...]
Mayor Gordon and Members of Council:
Downtown Voices Coalition continues to support the City of Phoenix partnership with the artist Janet Echelman for installation of her work in the downtown Civic Space, and it urges City leaders to do the same. As City leaders and residents both know, Echelman and her work were selected for the [...]
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