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Hope for Merrier Murals
Mt. Hope must have Merrier Murals
As a follow up to the GCCC meeting on Wednesday, I sent the following e-mail and snail mail letter to the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services. I will continue to follow up with phone calls and letters.
Thanks to all for a good meeting.
Nadezhda
Not So Merry Drug Based Mural
Dear Ms. Murphy:
I am writing on behalf of Greater Camp Street Concerned Citizens. For quite some time, we have been requesting city cooperation with the following two problems:
First: We are seeking permission to paint over the mural at Billy Taylor Park. This mural is an ominous representation of darker times and is not conducive to the positive, constructive spirit emergent in the Mt. Hope neighborhood. The GCCC has the paint. We have volunteer muralists and neighborhood participants who are ready, willing, and anxious to repaint this wall at Billy Taylor Park. We are seeking permission from the City to do so.
I have contacted the parks department and left a message concerning this matter with Beth Charlevoix. I am awaiting a response.
Please advise on how we should proceed. We are ready to tackle the project now and would like to see it finished before the heat of the summer sets in.
Second: The GCCC has been trying to get the metal fence under the Cypress Street overpass repaired. The City claims it is not its responsibility. Then whose responsibility is it? Again, we are ready to move forward with repair and clean up of the underpass. We are requesting that the city either facilitate this repair or identify the person(s) responsible for this clean up and maintenance.
I appreciate your cooperation and look forward to a speedy response on these issues.
The Fence in Question: Who is responsible?
Posted by Nadezhda
Posted at May 19, 2005 04:58 PM
Have a look at Monet's Bassin aux Nymphéas and think of the Cypress Street overpass.
Posted by: Katie at May 20, 2005 04:25 PM
On our home page, VITAL CITY LINKS or "Government Websites" connects you to any and all of the government agencies you will usually need to conact.
Just click and go.
It pays to compose your comments in MSWord then copy and paste into an e-mail. You can spell-check and revise at will that way.
A well written, carefully worded e-mail or letter gets taken more seriously than one that contains typos, mis-spelled words and grammatical errors.
The more communiques they recieve from Mt. Hope, the better. Let's go for it.
Posted by: John at May 20, 2005 02:00 PM
My email to ONS: (I've sent others I haven't posted here btw)
Hello,
I am writing to let you know that many people in the Mount Hope community are concerned about the inappropriate mural in Billy Taylor Park and we would like permission to commission a new mural, or at the very least, paint over the current one which has overtones of the drug culture which has brought unhappiness to residents for the past several decades. This mural is not an uplifting one for children.
Secondarily, this will be at least the third time I have written about the broken fence under the Cypress Street overpass. This land is apparently owned by the Providence Redelopment Agency, and has been maintained by the city this year but the fence remains broken, and in terrible condition.
There are many of us who are committed to getting these issues resolved. We have been at it for a long time, and you will continue to hear from us until we have these problems resolved.
Have a great day,
Katie & Brian Laferte
Posted by: Katie at May 20, 2005 10:56 AM
Uri...
I emailed Ms. Murphy through the Mayors Office of Neighborhood Services. You can link through providenceri.com web site...city government...office of neighborhood services. I also sent her a hard copy to the following address:
Rita Murphy, Director
Office of Neighborhood Services
City Hall--2nd Floor, Room 205
25 Dorrance Street
Providence, RI 02903
I also called the Parks Department (not so terribly cooperative as of yet.)
Beth Charlevoix (someone also called her Beth Patrone...you guess which name to use!) is in charge of neighborhood parks.
785-9450 (ask for her by name(s))
I have left messages, no response as of yet.
I think a few more calls/letters/emails will help us get heard.
Nadezhda
Posted by: Nadezhda at May 20, 2005 10:46 AM
Nadezhda do you have an email for Ms. Murphy? We could start a email campaign to show her that Mt. Hopers are behind you 100% and would like to see our kids get the right message when they are at the park.
Posted by: Uri at May 20, 2005 08:57 AM