Friday, September 28, 2012
Last month a Sunset Hills resident discussed his revised intentions to turn the former Griesedieck property into a community library. Residents had several questions on traffic impact, parking, and operating hours.
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- Karlie Baker
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Sunset Hills resident Al Moore announced last month that he was pitching the former Griesedieck property, also known as the Paraclete property, as a community library instead of a cultural center. Residents who were hesitant about the cultural center concept still had several of the same questions on a library's potential impact to neighborhood traffic and safety, usage on streets, and its business plan. Patch spoke with one of Moore's associates, Jim Johnston, to get more information on how the library would function within the Tapawingo and Sunset Hills communities. The library’s major collections (history, children’s books, art) will be split in different buidings, with plenty of outdoor and indoor seating areas. The non-profit first …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Sunset Hills resident Al Moore's revised plan for the Paraclete includes a library and exhibit space. Neighbors still want more specific information on its impact to Tapawingo residents.
Nearly 20 individuals spoke during open comment after hearing a re-tooled plan for the Moore Cultural Center during Wednesday night's planning and zoning commission meeting, which is now being pitched as a community library. While several neighbors to the former Paraclete property said they found the new proposal encouraging, they asked planning commission members to table a decision until next month so all residents can discuss the revised project. “We don’t believe there’s enough information that’s been shared. It’s an eleventh-hour compromise,” said Manors of Tapawingo resident Don Hagen. “Additional details should be filed with the city in writing so the concerned citizens have time to properly consider what these details are.” In …
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
"Once historical value is lost--it is gone forever," writes resident Drew Baebler. He supports Al Moore's proposal to retain the Paraclete property as a multi-use cultural center.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The following Letter to the Editor was submitted by Sunset Hills resident, attorney Drew Baebler: I read with interest the book written by Sandie Grassino on the history of Sunset Hills. I purchased and read the book the same day. The anecdotes and pictures made this an insightful read. I was struck by the number of historical structures in our area that had been razed in the name of “progress.” The developers are long gone, and all we have are memories and pictures, thanks to Grassino. Right now in Sunset Hills on the rise overlooking the Tapawingo Golf Course we have the opportunity to preserve the ten-acre Griesedieck estate, summer home to the famous brewer of Falstaff and Stag. On this mostly wooded land stands a stone castle …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
A longtime Sunset Hills resident wants to preserve a piece of residential land for artistic and historic use, but nearby residents want to know how new traffic to the Paraclete Fathers property will impact their roads.
A longtime Sunset Hills resident believes preserving a piece of his family's land will not only prove to be a memorial to his heritage, but to the city's history. While some neighbors flat-out oppose public activities at the former Paraclete Fathers property, others want more information on a proposed cultural center's wear and tear to their residential streets. The majority of the city's planning and zoning commission members approved a recommendation made by Alwal Moore to include cultural centers as a conditional use in R-1 zones, but tabled the decision to recommend a cultural center on the Paracletes property, in the Tapawingo subdivision, until next month's meeting. Several neighbors to the property expressed their concern over the …
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1:34 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012
Why wouldn't they have made the old school house at the entrance on Rott road a community library? more ›