Monthly Archives: May 2012

  That’s me,  barely visible in the back left corner of the picture below as Mayor Gray makes remarks for the unveiling for a set of digital art images, part of the Urban Wildlife Mural Series, along the fence opposite Luigart Studio … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the first day for the food cart in the Government Center and as you can see from the picture, Vice Mayor Linda Gorton was the first customer.  It was a great success despite logistical snafus common to the first … Continue reading →

Yesterday the Itinerant Merchant Task Force met and continued to work on a proposal for Council review and approval.  As you may remember, this Task Force has the delicate task of balancing the interest of peddlers, itinerant merchants, stationary vendors, bricks and mortar … Continue reading →

For this month’s Council Comments I journeyed to the old Rainbo Bakery at the corner of West Sixth and Jefferson.  There I talked with Ben Self and Brady Barlow, two of the four young entrepreneurs who have transformed the vacant, 95,000 square foot industrial building … Continue reading →