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A Special Communique from

The Cascadia Guerrilla Gardening Brigade

We are overtly hosting a workshop today 3pm @ 713 Division St. We will be making seedballs, sharing food, and planning botanical insurrections. If you can't make it send an email to cascadiaggb@gmail.com or call (360) 753-1425 to get involved.

Check out www.cascadiaggb.blogspot.com for updates and other good stuff!!

Plant or Perish!!!

Hello All !

I just wanted to let the locals know that a musician here has released all old works and new works FREELY online and is working on getting play on KAOS RADIO OLYMPIA.

KAOS played my music in 2003, before i legally changed my name and began gender transition. I attempted to get my music played on KAOS later on, but was unable as apparently they thought i produced 'Goth/Industrial' music.

Here are the link(s) found at my LiveJournal blog :

Anya Adora

I have released 76 songs,
2 Music videos...

And am working on releasing the final 6 song EP soon as i don't know how my medical issues are progressing, and don't have medical attention i need.

Thank you all for enjoying the music freely !

Rock On !

Ms. Anya Adora ~

The Friends of the Waterfront have a website that gives some information about the proposed rezone of the isthmus, as well as suggestions on how concerned citizens can act in opposition to the rezone. There are lots of graphics and media links and other good stuff as well. Don't miss the Power Point presentation that shows how the views will be affected!

Almost every week this is the "What's on the city council's plate this week" review. I don't cover everything, so if you want the full rundown, read the packet and agenda yourself.

I was asking myself just last week, "how does Olympia rank in terms of security against other midsized cities?" Thank goodness for the good people at the Farmers Insurance Group, because according to them, we rank pretty well.

From a staff report (pdf):

In 2004, the Farmers Insurance Group began looking at what it meant to be a secure city. The motivation for this effort was the recognition that, in our post-9/11 world, safety has become a prime concern of communities across the nation. When families choose a place to live, they now not only look at the schools and job market, they also look at a community’s security status.

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The Olympia metro area (including the cities of Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Yelm; the towns of Bucoda, Rainier, Rochester and Tenino; and unincorporated Thurston County) has been selected as the 2007 Most Secure Mid-Size City in the U.S. Farmers notes that “Olympia, the State capital, has become a hub for artists and musicians thanks to its extremely clean air and the long life expectancy of its residents.”

Usually not my thing, but I found this today while looking for something else:

The City of Olympia will commission one local artist to design a suite of five visually or conceptually related vertical tree guards at the intersection of Black Lake Boulevard and Harrison venue, for the functional purpose of protecting trees and supporting locked bikes as well as adding an aesthetic amenity to West Olympia. Fabrication of the tree guards will be undertaken by the South Puget Sound Community College Welding Program, with consultation from the artist.

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Eligibility:
Practicing artists, dedicated to producing artwork on a regular basis, who reside, own a business or are actively engaged in the Olympia area arts community may apply. This project is intended to be a learning opportunity for established artists who do not have previous experience in the field of public art.

Scope of Work:
• Design 5 tree guards that have a visual relationship to each other and the viewer, as they walk, bike or drive past.
• Be sensitive to the history, environment, and current feeling of the neighborhood where the work is to be located while developing design.
• Work creatively within the general tree guard design that has been approved by the City’s Urban Forester.
• Work with South Puget Sound Community College Welding Program for fabrication of the work.
• Work with City crews to install work.

Here's the entire call for artists in pdf.

This is interesting given the recent discussion regarding the search for artists for Olympia City Hall. Whether this sort of announcement is new, I don't really know. But, if it is new, its nice to see the city changing the way it does things because of discussion in the community.