Saturday May 19, 2012

2012 Event Location: 900 block of 5th Ave SE (two blocks east of K-Mart off 9th ST SE)

For Artist listing: http://slatterlypark.org/art-on-the-ave

Event Flier: AoA Flyer

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-On-The-Ave/199363950182117

Music Artist Lineup:
Isaak Ciaran 10:00 -11:00am
Luke & Martha Rypstra 11:15-1:15pm
Crist Dahl 1:30 – 3:30pm

A bit about the event:

Improve the neighborhood you live in and participate in Rochester’s “A Litter Bit Better” city wide litter pick up this next week starting Saturday, April 21st through Saturday the 28^th by getting involved with your neighborhoods cleanup! 

 Here is how to get involved:

Trash bags will be available at the Slatterly Park Community Garden Tool Bench, where you’ll find large green bags for garbage and blue bags for recyclables.  The bags will be available for pickup Saturday April 21-28, so you are free to choose when you want to participate during the week-it’s a great way to get the kids involved in the community!  You may choose any area wherever you see trash to pick up within the neighborhood.  The park and the river parkway has already been adopted by the Boy Scouts so it would be nice if people would walk along curbs, and other areas of the neighborhood, but the park is fair game too!

 Let’s Celebrate!

 Saturday April 28  12:00- 1:00pm

Bring your bags full of trash to the park shelter where pictures will be taken and we’ll have hot dogs on the grill.

12:30pm there will be a drawing for winners of restaurant gift cards.  Winners need to be present.

Let’s see how big the mountain of trash bags we can make on Saturday, April 28th!  Our Slatterly Park Neighborhood will look so nice and clean!

See you Saturday, April 28th at the park with your bags!

We have purchased 20 more boulevard trees for the Slatterly Park neighborhood, with funds raised from Saturdays at Slatterly events Music & Movie in the Park & Bloom Day & Art on the Ave.  By supporting these events we are able to put the funds back into the neighborhood!  The new trees will be planted around Hawthorne Education Center

We’ll do the planting on Thursday April 12 6:30pm   We’ll need approx. 15 volunteers to help out!  Meet at the Hawthorne Education Center by the new neighborhood sculpture. Bring shovels, wheelborrows, or wagons, and water pails.

Thanks to the representatives of the Slatterly Park Neighborhood Association who were present to receive the two of the ten CUDE awards at this morning’s awards breakfast!  Thanks for everyone’s hard work!

Right to left: Lindsey Meek-CUDE President, Ardell Brede-Mayor, Tim Macken-Business Owner/Imagine Slatterly Leader, Evelyn Oftedahl-Events, Doris Amundson Bloom Day/Riverside Gardens, Carol Keegan-Art on the Ave., Wayne Flock-Slatterly President, Mark Bilderback-City Council, Renan Mota-Art on the Ave., missing from photo: Wade Tollefson-Events

Find out more about CUDE: http://www.rochestermn.gov/departments/mayor/boards/cude.asp

Awards:

Landscape Award: CUDE- Riverside Gardens

Community Site Enhancement: CUDE – Art on the Ave

Art on the Ave. ‘Art’: Everyone’s favorite neighbor is an art market returning by popular demand!  Last year’s event pulled in 600-800 people the second year of the market. The market is part of Slatterly’s 5th Annual Saturdays at Slatterly Bloom Day which is being held Saturday May 19, 2012 from 10:00am – 4:00pm on the nine hundred block of 5th Ave SE (one block west of Redeemer Lutheran Church).  The event is being put on by the Slatterly Park Downtown Neighborhood Association. 

The market showcases local artisans, with a mix of painters, glass blowers, metal workers, and jewelers, and will be much like the Thursdays on First market downtown on a smaller scale, with a goal to showcase local artwork, and refine that each year with this annual event. There will also be folk artists who will perform from 11:00 – 3:00pm, along with the huge chalk street mural like last year that was a huge success!  Almost all of the 25 market vendors last year asked to come back again this year, which is a testament to the events success!  It is a great event to kick off the 2012 Summer prior to Thursdays on First as well.  You’ll love the personal attention our volunteers give the vendors, from free coffee during market setup, to assistance with canopy setup if required. Food will also be available for purchase at the Bloom Café.

Vendor Application: AoA Vendor Contract

Scupture Design Competition: AoA_Sculpture Proposal Request

A public meeting will be held on the design and impact of a new 6^thStreet Bridge that will be replaced between Slatterly east and west sides of the neighborhood crossing Bear Creek on Tuesday March 6.  This is an opportunity to give feedback on a once in a lifetime project that has an opportunity to aesthetically improve our neighborhood, and set the stage for future connections in the neighborhood.   Here is a post on the 4th Street bridge replacement, some things to keep in mind: http://designadvocacyforum.org/posts/10

Tuesday March 6,  4:30pm

Location: Rochester Area Foundation, Riverside building @ corner of 4th Street and Broadway downtown, parking available in the back, take the stairs or elevator to the thrid floor.

Location: Peace Plaza Downtown 1st Ave SW & 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55902
Feb. 9-11, 2012

Time: 4:30-9:00pm

Price: Free Admission

Featuring over 200 ft. of ice, SocialICE will be once again the largest outdoor ice bar in the upper Midwest. The layout will expand this year and will include up to eight additional satellite ice bars. All satellite bars will be themed with various beverage distributors and specialty drinks. Enjoy the ambiance of the ice and lighting as you sit in the ice lounge, drink from real ice glasses, and enjoy the live music.
SocialICE will offer live music from 7-8:30 pm each night and a live DJ from 4:30-7pm & 8:30-9:00 pm. All entertainment will perform live in the skyway over the Peace Plaza with music streamed out onto the Plaza for the ice bar attendees to enjoy.

I am passing along a new Sidewalk Snow Removal Enforcement policy(attached) that Rochester Public Works will be enforcing. You can use the link below for online reporting: http://www.rochestermn.gov/contact/Default.aspx?department=Public Works

Policy: Sidewalk Snow Removal Enforcement – PSA (011912)

Clean and safe sidewalks are an important part of keeping our neighborhood walkable, and your Postal Carrier will thank you too!

As a downtown neighborhood Slatterly Park residents have a say in the future of our downtown, as it directly affects the vitality of our neighborhood.  Take the a few minutes and express yourself by completing this survey “About You”, as it will help identify what you want to see in the future in Rochester.  It’s your hometown connect:  www.aboutu.org