Comments on: DDA Gives 3-Year Grant to getDowntown http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/06/06/dda-gives-3-year-grant-to-getdowntown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dda-gives-3-year-grant-to-getdowntown it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Jack F. http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/06/06/dda-gives-3-year-grant-to-getdowntown/comment-page-1/#comment-47762 Jack F. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:02:31 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=44390#comment-47762 I guess the 1174 ‘working artists’ need to chip in 20 bucks a piece so they can have a website then and not go with tin cup in hand to the DDA, who should be spending their funds on other things. I have zero respect for the local arts community who whined and whined over the Per Cent For Arts tax when it came to a vote on Christmas Eve, during the worse recession in the last eighty years. Let them pay for their own vehicle of self promotion. Now that’s a concept!

]]> By: Joel Batterman http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/06/06/dda-gives-3-year-grant-to-getdowntown/comment-page-1/#comment-47733 Joel Batterman Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:22:22 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=44390#comment-47733 Glad to hear about the contest concept. It should make sure to make use of standard design specifications [link] for bike racks, though; the first-generation “art racks” were a bit shorter than they could have been, increasing the chance of parked bikes toppling over.

In other locations, businesses have commissioned creative racks referencing their work: [link]

]]> By: mr dairy http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/06/06/dda-gives-3-year-grant-to-getdowntown/comment-page-1/#comment-47664 mr dairy Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:14:31 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=44390#comment-47664 The Arts Alliance is a natural choice to publicize and promote the bike hoop contest.

]]> By: johnboy http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/06/06/dda-gives-3-year-grant-to-getdowntown/comment-page-1/#comment-47657 johnboy Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:59:18 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=44390#comment-47657 Sorry, but there is just something wrong with getting LEED certification for a parking structure. Sorta like getting the Baptist Church to bless a dance hall.

]]> By: Bill Tozier http://annarborchronicle.com/2010/06/06/dda-gives-3-year-grant-to-getdowntown/comment-page-1/#comment-47637 Bill Tozier Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:24:59 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=44390#comment-47637 I for one would be pleased if somebody designed a functional and aesthetically pleasing bicycle hoop.

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