"I/We, ___________, advocate the use of distinctive architectural design and public art in the renovation of our major downtown transportation corridors as a way of branding and communicating the city of Winston-Salem as a place of creative commerce."
How many institutions, civic groups, neighborhood associations, business groups and individual citizens could we get to sign on to such a simple declarative statement as a way of telling political and transportation leadership that this issue and opportunity is important?
Fill in your name. Get groups you belong to to agree to this modest proposal as well. Share the signed statement with area elected officials, city transporation and planning departments, and the state DOT. Share a blank one with friends and neighbors. Moneys will be set aside to be spent on our thoroughfares. This is about how, not how much. Add your support before old habits are in place.
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I appreciate you posting about this huge project that will affect our everyday lives downtown, and has the potential to reconnect and revitalize Winston-Salem. Have you heard any new news about the project? The website seems to have died as of last summer. Do you have a list of names to whom those interested should address concerns about the use of public art in the project? Thanks!
Actually, this website has stayed quite busy since last summer with public art ideas for highways and elsewhere. What has stalled in the economy collapse last fall is DOT efforts on the Business 40 project generally, which has stalled our lobbying efforts for something special in our roadway re-design when it happens. Keep up with Business 40 updates on their website, www.business40nc.com (which has posted no new news since last summer). Lobby city council and the mayor and NCDOT officials, as well as the local Chamber of Commerce, Winston-Salem Business, and the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership - and encourage the Arts Council to keep the conversation going (this is a personal blog by a committee member). Keep up with local lobbying efforts for better design and public art in our city with news here - including creating conversation with good comments like yours. Thanks for asking.
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