Why couldn't the wading pool be put back in Central Park?

Central Park has so many good memories for me, the swings, the thing that went around in a circle and you had to run to make it go fast and then you got sick.  The teeter totters where we used to "bounce" our partner almost off the board!  But for older kids taking care of younger kids, or young mom's, the wading pool keep those little ones so busy they must have fell into bed at night and slept right through!  Don't take the campers out of Central Park.  Read this:  http://www.wecallithome.blogspot.com.

City Council 7 pm sharp tonight! Save the Wayne for Artspace!

Don't forget to show up!  Tonight, August 23, 2010 at 7 pm in City Hall is our last chance to save the Wayne/Palace Hotel.  We will be presenting three new ideas for the historic landmark plus the stabilization costs and a new downtown task force that will cross the arts with the politicians!  Be There!

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The Palace Pavilion

Latest brainstorm, The Palace Pavilion.  Open the doors for impromptu art and entertainment!  Let's bring more events downtown besides Crazy Days.  I can envision the Hotel Wayne as a shared “center common” covered pavilion space dedicated for:   dance performances, impromptu and planned.  Temporary food vendors, art walks, roller skating, displays, and promotions, pop-up “stores,” farmer’s markets, even community rummage sales.  Complete with picnic tables, a fountain, and a deck for performing, we can gather for community education, meetings, and have a place for adults and youth to hang out.

This “Palace Pavilion” can be simply a “three-season” place with screens for summer and shutters for winter. This idea requires only building stabilization, a new roof, and complete clean-out of the building.  It puts the minimum of county and city money into it and in fact saves the city and county some of the demolition cost, while bringing much needed foot traffic to downtown Crookston.   

Of course, we certainly want to move forward on funding the “Artspace Market Survey,” in hopes of a larger development that brings in tax dollars.  In the meantime this can save the county and city money and bring a much needed ‘center’ to our town needing only a new roof every 30 years.

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