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Carmel, Indiana, changed my life! Expect a write-up of what I learned from the Indianapolis suburb coming up soon!
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A quick reminder that the ADU info session is a week and a half away on the evening of Monday, August 25th!
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- Last week, I mentioned that there was a cool proposal on pg. 154 of the ARB agenda to restore the original glazed tile facade of 116-122 N. Kirkwood Road (home of Pottery Hollow and formerly of the Rusted Chandelier). Unfortunately, it seems that the Architectural Review Board was not super receptive, as they encouraged the applicant to pursue a more modern/aesthetic in the faced's renovation. ARB needs to know that the Kirkwood people are nostalgic! We yearn for our history, and they should not stand in the way! The old building looks cool as hell and we're incredibly lucky that the old tile is still there! Take a look:
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- In a continuation of the theme of last week's good news turning into this week's bad news, the Kirkwood City Council seemed to be less than enthusiastic of the proposal to expand the city's contract with Fybr, a local company that places parking sensors under the pavement. Those sensors can be used to direct residents to available spots and to alert the city when someone has overstayed the time limits posted for spots around Downtown. Forsaking this industry-leading technology (the original sensors of which the city got installed essentially for free back in 2021) would be incredibly shortsighted. There's nowhere to park because we don't enforce our current rules. Fybr automates that enforcement and ensures we can do it efficiently and at scale. If price is the issue, I have no doubt that we'd make back Fybr's annual cost (~$100k) in the economic growth we'd gain from letting more people access Downtown. The Council is set to vote on the contract in a couple of weeks, so stay tuned.
- A couple of notes from last week's Webster-Kirkwood Times:
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On pg. 1, I’m pleased to see Kirkwood School District taking steps to implement the ban on phones in schools recently enacted by the Missouri state legislature. Education is an inherently very difficult challenge but there are a few proven interventions that we know work like teaching the phonics-based system for reading, air conditioning, tutoring, and making all students eligible for free lunches. No phones in schools is absolutely on that list.
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On pg. 17, there's a notice that this coming Tuesday, August 19th, at 9:00 a.m., the Mayor will host another Grounds for Discussion event at KPAC. If you’re free, it’s an excellent opportunity to advocate for some of the agenda items near and dear to our hearts: Affordable housing, parking reform, improved walkability, rezoning the land around the Grant’s Trail to allow housing, or maybe the restoration of the tile facade of 116-122 N. Kirkwood Road!
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There’s not much in the way of the public interest in this week’s Landmarks Commission agenda, but there is some great local history on pg. 12 (the big old house on the corner of Clay & Monroe) and 31 (Grace Episcopal Church)
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That's it for this week! The Mississippi Crossing Band is playing at the Farmer's Market this Saturday at 10am. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
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