From Mitman Neighborhood Association President Sylvia Berman
Hi Neighbors! Just a quick invite that came up today.
Our neighbor, Cruz Duran, works for Archwell Health … the business that replaced Macaroni Grill over on Broadway. They are having a neighborhood open house and are inviting the surrounding communities to stop by on March 14 from noon to 2pm.
There is a flier attached with all the details. They are primarily focused on senior care. Good to have a senior urgent care facility nearby!
From Mitman Neighborhood Association President Sylvia Berman.
On Tuesday March 21, 2023, there will be a live meeting at Mayor and Council Chambers of City Hall. The topic is the proposed changes to City of Tucson Code to ease the housing shortage by removing barriers to infill. Link to Notice. Of course, I will be attending in person and I am happy to have company.
This topic is far more complicated and far reaching than it may appear at first glance. Ronni Kotwicka, President of Palo Verde Neighborhood Association (this is the person who helped me with the liquor license protest) spoke about these proposals on Channel 9.
At the moment, I am not planning to speak to the City Council or issue an opinion letter. However, I urge you to consider the impact and provide your feedback. Considering the number of serious issues these changes bring, I doubt anything will be done right away. It seems to me the ideas need more development.
Hi Neighbors!
Last night Mitman Neighborhood Association met with our prospective metal artist to discuss the neighborhood traffic circle art project. What a nice young man!
Daniel Hornung grew up in Sewell Neighborhood … in fact … his Mom still lives in the ‘hood!
https://www.instagram.com/20digitdesign/
Attached is Daniel’s Instagram link which will show you some of the projects he has completed. It seems to me that his style is right up our alley. Moreover, Daniel has had experience working with neighborhood projects and the City of Tucson.
The first thing we need to do is decide on a theme. We will start with the traffic circle on Rosewood & McKinley. It is very likely that we will include the traffic circle on 2nd Street. Later on … we may continue with the traffic circles on Jefferson.
We came up with three ideas:
What do you think? Any other ideas we should consider? If it is a basic design that can be varied, we will only need to go thru the design process once. Different types and aesthetics can be applied.
The board will meet with Daniel again and vote on a theme. Then Daniel will create sketches to view at a community meeting at the Rosewood traffic circle on a future Saturday morning. At that point, Daniel will submit a cost estimate and Mitman NA will begin applying for grants as well as other fund-raising methods.
We would like the community to be involved with this project. Please stick your 2 cents in!
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Our Advisor, Harold Hallikainen, has resurrected our website. It was quite a daunting task and we are very grateful for his help. It up and running … but it is still a work in progress. Feel free to take a look.
