Community Garden Update

Good morning, NECKO Neighborhood -

Thanks to everyone who attended the neighborhood meeting about the proposed community garden last Tuesday and thanks to Creative Living for again hosting our meeting!  It was a great discussion!

Here are the details:

1) The Community Garden has a name: "The NECKO Neighborhood Community Garden" and would have Phase I implemented in Spring 2009
2) Through the hard work of our neighbor April Calkovsky, Lynne Genter at OSU's Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Program, and others, we appear to have the support and potential partnership of the Rehabilitation program as our OSU partner! This is a major accomplishment and would be an great asset to the neighborhood!
3) The current plan for starting the garden is to finalize our community's needs, to achieve a design, and to gain final OSU backing. 
4) The preferred site is still the triangle shaped piece of OSU land south of Creative Living.
5) A major task to work on in the coming months is to secure additional community partners.

A helpful resource on the garden is the initial letter proposal and map to OSU from NECKO:

Click here: NECKO Garden Proposal

Next up? April's spearheading our efforts and will be providing an update in September. We'll set up another meeting in the fall as warranted.

Anyone interested in joining the garden effort?  Contact April or just reply to this email.

We also continued our discussion about an idea for a new "NECKO park" along West 8th Avenue near Michigan as part of the OSU parking garage project.  We'll have representatives from OSU at a neighborhood meeting in October to discuss the project and the idea. 

Have a great week!

William

PS Don't forget to check out our website at www.necko.org!

Project Update: 9th Avenue Garage Expansion

Good morning, NECKO - Here's an update on the parking garage project happening just north of West 8th.  -  William

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		FOD Project Update
9th Avenue Garage Expansion Medical Center Facilities Plan (MCFP) Enabling Project
August 11, 2008
Project Updates	Summer Overview:   June Contractors Mobilized Dugan & Myers Construction – general trades and lead contractor Aggressive Mechanical Services – plumbing, fire protection contractor J.A. Guy, Inc. – HVAC contractor Accurate Electric – electrical contractor   July Mass site excavation was completed and work progressed on the building foundation systems. The south alley utilities were re-routed and abandoned as required. The south alley was closed to through traffic until the alley surface is replaced later in the project.   August 9th Avenue, in front of the site, will be reduced in width to allow installation of a tower crane at the front of the site. Two-lane traffic will be maintained on 9th Avenue. As part of an approved Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) plan, new concrete barriers and fencing will be installed along 9th Avenue as an additional traffic safety measure.   September 9th Avenue to be closed to erect tower crane on Sept.13-14. Signage and MOT plan prepared by Transportation & Parking and Sgt. Bissett. Alternate routes provided along King Avenue to Cannon Drive.
Next update	The next update is anticipated during the next quarter of construction. This will allow us to include pertinent project update information.
Contact	For questions or comments, please contact Charlie Conner, Project Manager, 292-3341, conner.26@ osu.edu; or, Glenn Gerhart, Construction Manager, 688‑5606, gerhart.1@osu.edu.

 

Meeting Reminder: Community Garden Meeting

Good afternoon -

There will be a special topic neighborhood meeting at Creative Living (corner of 8th & Perry) at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 12th on the Community Garden. 

The plan to implement a community garden in our neighborhood is moving forward and we'll be meeting with some representatives to discuss. 

At the meeting, we'll also discuss plans for the fall in the neighborhood.

If you cannot attend, we'll try to get any details or plans posted to the website after the meeting if available. 

We'll see you tomorrow!

William

PS Please feel free to forward this notice to any interested friends or neighbors.  And don't forget that all of the information is also available at www.necko.org.