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Monday, July 14, 2008
Governor’s Commission on Community Service (GCCS)
A chance to speak your mind.
This week—Wednesday, Thursday and Friday—there will be representatives from our friends in Denver, i.e., the Governor’s office, asking us what we think needs to be done to help Pueblo.
The meetings are to be held:
Place: First Nazarene Church
Date/Time:
- Wednesday, 16 Jul, 12:00 - 1:30
- Thursday, 17 Jul, 10:30 - 12:00
- Thursday, 17 Jul, 12:00 - 1:30
- Thursday, 17 Jul, 2:30 - 4:00
- Friday, 18 Jul, 9:00 - 10:30
- Friday, 18 Jul, 1:30 - 3:00
All are invited to attend one of the forums, at your convenience.
Please RSVP to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), stating the date and time you’ll be attending. I think they’re offering lunch for certain forums.
Personally?
I’m intending to go and tell them that in order for Pueblo and the rest of the state of Colorado to get what they need, on a par with what Denver needs, we need to return to the balance of legislative power we enjoyed before the Supreme Court overthrew our state constitution; Reynolds v. Simms (1964). The place where the state senate was elected based on geographic areas instead of population, as the state house of representatives is. As it is now, the state senate is just an over-paid version of the state house of representatives. And Denver controls the most votes in both.
As it is right now, the Denver metroplex holds 17 of the 35 state senate seats. This is an egregious concentration of power that allows the Denver area to dominate state law-making and the appointment of judges and commissioners.
Until that balance, as we enjoy at the Federal level, is restored, Denver rules Colorado.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
City-Wide Leadership Development Conference
Getting involved once more. This time with feeling!
This Friday evening and Saturday, the Colorado State University—Pueblo Center for Leadership and Community Development will be hosting a city-wide conference on the issues confronting the neighborhoods of Pueblo. The purpose of which is to develop neighborhood leaders to the point that they can become active players in the community politics; engaging the City, and where applicable the County, government in efforts to deal with the issues facing each of them in a more effective manner.
Friday evening’s activities begin at 7 pm in the Life Science Building Auditorium on the CSU-P campus. It will focus on the studies of the Pueblo Poverty Study Group. Members of that group will explain their evaluation of the situations faced by people living in Pueblo, based on their series of articles published in the Pueblo Chieftain. To read their consolidated efforts, you can download their monograph. It’s PDF formated.
Saturday, all day, will begin at 9 am and run til 5 pm. It will be held in the Occhiato Center. This days activities will be to provide useful information on how the city government is organized and how neighborhoods can work within the system to get things done. Or, that having failed, work AROUND the system, to get where they feel they need to be.
If you have already registered, great.
If you have not already registered, please contact Dr. Gayle Berardi (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) or Dr. Colette Carter (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) to make a reservation. TODAY!!!!! Especially if you’re going to be there all-day Saturday.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Parks & Rec Public Forum
Have YOUR say about how they’re doing and what they’re doing in the future.
There’s going to be a city-wide Open House/Public Forum on the future of the Pueblo City Parks & Recreation Department.
It is to be held tomorrow at the Convention Center, starting at 6:30 PM.
If you are concerned with our parks and other recreational facilities in the city, you should go.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Pueblo’s May Preservation Month Activity Calendar
May is National Historic Preservation Month and, as usual, Pueblo historical and preservation organizations have outdone themselves! The list is long and interesting.
MAY PRESERVATION MONTH ACTIVITIES FOR PUEBLO, COLORADO
Saturday, April 26th – El Pueblo History Museum’s “On the Road to Denver’s Little Italy,” includes a tour of the Colorado Historical Society’s exhibit, “The Italians of Denver,” and a tour of the Italian District. A box lunch is provided. The bus will leave EPHM at 9:00 a.m. and return to the Museum at 5:30 p.m. Cost per person is $50 for members and $55 for non-members. Reservations are required. Please call 583-0453.
Saturday, May 3rd – El Pueblo History Museum’s “On the Road to A Victorian Mother’s Day.” Tour the McAllister House in Colorado Springs and Miramount Castle. Enjoy High Tea at Miramount. The bus will leave EPHM at 11:00 a.m. and return to the Museum at 5:45 p.m. Cost per person is $50 for members and $55 for non-members. Reservations are required. Please call 583-0453.
Saturday, May 3rd, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, May 4th, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.- Hose Co. No 3 Fire Museum, 116 Broadway Ave. The Pueblo Firefighters Historical Society will sponsor two open house weekends at the Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Museum during May’s Historic Preservation Month festivities. In addition to the exhibits at the museum, they will have several historic fire trucks on display, including the 1928 American LaFrance Aerial Ladder Truck. Admission is free.
Saturday, May 3, 2008- Rosemount Museum presents “A Peak into the Past” will be held at Rosemount Museum in celebration of Historic Preservation Month. The museum will offer half price tours for all visitors throughout the day. The museum opens at 10 a.m. and the last tour of the day is at 3:30 p.m. Groups of 10 or more people need to make reservations in advance. Tentatively, there will be other activities available on the grounds that day. Regular museum prices are $6 for adults, $5 for seniors (60 yrs. and above) and $4 for children 6 - 18 yrs. Prices will be half that on May 3.
May 2, 3 and 4 - The Pueblo Archaeological and Historical Society will be assisting the Colorado Rock Art chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society with the Rock Art Symposium that is being held in La Junta on the weekend of May 2,3,4. In connection with the symposium, Larry Loendorf, a well-known archaeologist who has done extensive work in Southeastern Colorado, will be giving a presentation on rock art at the main library on Thursday, May 1st at 7p.m. with the presentation at about 7:30p.m. For more information, please contact Charles Booms, President PAHS at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Sunday, May 4th, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Reservations & payment by Thurs May 1st)
Historic Pueblo, Inc. presents “The Thatcher’s Historic North Side Neighborhood Walking Tour”
Come take a stroll through the streets of Pueblo’s historic North Side. We begin at the site of the once Mineral Palace at the north end of Mineral Palace Park. Learn about the palace, why it was built and what happened to it. We’ll walk along the streets that were scraped out of the prairie lying to the north of the down town business district. The hill at 15th and Greenwood gave Mahlon Thatcher’s Hillcrest a grand view of the surrounding area. Many of the earliest houses were the residences of Pueblo’s upper class who sought to remove themselves from more developed neighborhoods that lay closer to the down town area.
The tour begins at the north end of Mineral Palace Park; cost includes light refreshments provided at the end of the tour.
Cost is $10.00 per person, make checks payable to HPI. Reservations should be mailed to: Historic Pueblo, Inc., 201 West B Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, OR taken to the Heritage Center at the above address. Tour Guides are Susan Adamich and Laurel Campbell. For information please call 719-406-0785
Thursday, May 8th, Dinner, 6:00 p.m., program, 7:00 p.m. The Pueblo County Historical Society will hold its annual Historical Preservation Awards banquet and program at the Elks Club, 6th & Santa Fe; dinner will be followed by the award presentations at 7:00 P.M.. Reservations are necessary, please call 543-6772. The PCHS annually honors individuals and businesses with their prestigious award that signifies exceptional effort in preserving, promoting and protecting Pueblo’s history.
Saturday, May 10th 10:00 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. (Reservations and payment by Thurs, May 8)
Historic Pueblo, Inc. presents “The Historic South Pueblo Walking Tour”
Walk the streets beyond the bluff of the Mesa Junction. General William Jackson Palmer laid out South Pueblo in the 1870’s and homes began appearing in the early 1880’s. See the original street names and the enchanting homes built by entrepreneurs and emigrants alike. The tour will take us past the Walter’s Mansion (of Walter’s Beer), the homes of Pitkin Place, and on to the Orman/Adams mansion. Hear stories of rags to riches, and back again; a passenger on the Titanic who once lived here and a home lost in a wager!
The tour begins and ends at the corner of Abriendo and Jackson near the Abriendo Inn, cost includes light refreshment provided at the end of the tour.
Cost is $10.00 per person, make checks payable to HPI. Reservations should be mailed to: Historic Pueblo, Inc., 201 West B Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, OR taken to the Heritage Center at the above address. Tour guides are Susan Adamich and Laurel Campbell. For information please call 719-406-0785
Saturday, May 10th, 8 a.m. to 12 Noon – Pueblo Pioneer Cemetery’s Annual Cemetery Clean-up Day
Saturday May 17th, 10:00 a.m.- 12 Noon (Reservations & payment by Thurs May 15th)
Historic Pueblo, Inc. presents “The Thatcher’s Historic North Side Neighborhood Walking Tour”
Come take a stroll through the streets of Pueblo’s historic North Side. We begin at the site of the once Mineral Palace at the north end of Mineral Palace Park. Learn about the palace, why it was built and what happened to it. We’ll walk along the streets that were scraped out of the prairie lying to the north of the down town business district. The hill at 15th and Greenwood gave Mahlon Thatcher’s Hillcrest a grand view of the surrounding area. Many of the earliest houses were the residences of Pueblo’s upper class who sought to remove themselves from more developed neighborhoods that lay closer to the down town area.
The tour begins at the north end of Mineral Palace Park; cost includes light refreshments provided at the end of the tour.
Cost is $10.00 per person, make checks payable to HPI. Reservations should be mailed to: Historic Pueblo, Inc., 201 West B Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, OR taken to the Heritage Center at the above address. Tour Guides are Susan Adamich and Laurel Campbell. For information please call 719-406-0785
Saturday, May 17th, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, May 18th, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.- Hose Co. No 3 Fire Museum, 116 Broadway Ave. The Pueblo Firefighters Historical Society will sponsor two open house weekends at the Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Museum during May’s Historic Preservation Month festivities. In addition to the exhibits at the museum, they will have several historic fire trucks on display, including the 1928 American LaFrance Aerial Ladder Truck. Admission is free.
Saturday, May 17th, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m -Pueblo County Historical Society’s “Pueblo New Deal Bus Tour.” Enjoy a bus ride around town to the various New Deal project sites in Pueblo. Your tour guide, George Williams will tell you about the history of these projects which were carried out throughout the Pueblo area. The tour includes admission to Pueblo Zoo and a catered Lunch. Cost is $20 per person.
Meet at the Pueblo Zoo, City Park, Pueblo CO by 9:30 a.m. Enrollment is limited. For reservations please call Bill Crain at 546-1443. Payment must be received by Thursday, May 15th and should be mailed to PCHS, 201 B St., Pueblo, CO 81003.
Saturday, May 17th, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. -The First United Methodist Church of Pueblo, 310 W. 11th Street, Pueblo, CO, was designated as a City of Pueblo Historic Landmark in 2007. The Church will host tours of the sanctuary. Light refreshments will be served and some members will be in historic costume.
Sunday, May 18th – “On the Road to Denver’s Tribal Paths.” Tour the Tesoro Indian Market and Powwow. A box lunch is provided. Tour the Colorado History Museum’s Tribal Paths exhibit. The bus will leave EPHM at 8:30 a.m. and return to the Museum at 6:00 p.m. Cost per person is $50 for members and $55 for non-members. Reservations are required. Please call 583-0453.
Saturday, May 24th - Bessemer Historical Society’s The Fourth Annual Coal Camp Excursion will hit the road for an in-depth look at the mine and campsites located in Huerfano County.
This very popular program of the Bessemer Historical Society (BHS) has visited the sites of company coal camps in Florence, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties in the past. This year’s return to Huerfano County will highlight not only the physical sites, but also look into the lives of the people who lived in the camps (towns). Many of these individuals were first generation Americans from a variety of countries. They faced
hardships and happiness. They endured strife and strikes, and many went on to economic prosperity. Their descendants now populate the cities and towns of Colorado and are from every socio-economic level of society.
There are over 90 mine sites in Huerfano County including: Pictou, Walsen, Cameron, Ideal, Rouse and Solar. Some of these sites are only depressions in the earth, while other feature the remains of structures,
or perhaps only foundations.
Due to weather the tour route is tentative, but will include a side trip to the screening plant at Rocky Mountain Steel Mills’ Reservoir #3 at Stem Beach. This reservoir, along with Reservoir #2, has supplied the Pueblo steel plant with water for over 100 years. Lunch will be in Walsenburg following a tour of the Walsenburg Mining Museum.
Excursionists will meet at 8 a.m. Saturday morning at the Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture, 215 Canal Street, Pueblo. Cost for the tour is yet to be determined, but includes a continental breakfast, guided tour, companion tour book, lunch, and refreshments on the bus. Seating is limited and reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information call the Bessemer Historical Society at 719-564-9086 or visit http://www.cfisteel.org.
Saturday, May 24th and May 31st – El Pueblo History Museum’s “On the Road to Pueblo’s Historic Cemeteries.” Continental breakfast at EPHM, with a tour of the Museum’s Descansos exhibit. The bus will tour Pioneer Cemetery (with possible costumed interpreters) and Roselawn Cemetery with guide. A box lunch will be served at Roselawn’s Hall with a lecture. Meet at EPHM at 9 a.m. Bus will return at 4:15 p.m. Cost per person is $40 for members and $45 for non-members. Reservations are required. Please call 583-0453.
Sunday May 25th 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Reservations & payment by Thurs. May 22)
Historic Pueblo, Inc. presents “The Historic South Pueblo Walking Tour”
Walk the streets beyond the bluff of the Mesa Junction. General William Jackson Palmer laid out South Pueblo in the 1870’s and homes began appearing in the early 1880’s. See the original street names and the enchanting homes built by entrepreneurs and emigrants alike. The tour will take us past the Walter’s Mansion (Walter’s Beer), the homes of Pitkin Place, and on to the Orman/Adams mansion. Hear stories of rags to riches, and back again; a passenger on the Titanic who once lived here and a home lost in a wager!
The tour begins and ends at the corner of Abriendo and Jackson near the Abriendo Inn, cost includes light refreshment provided at the end of the tour.
Cost is $10.00 per person, make checks payable to HPI. Reservations should be mailed to: Historic Pueblo, Inc., 201 West B Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, OR taken to the Heritage Center at the above address. Tour guides are Susan Adamich and Laurel Campbell. For information please call 719-406-0785.
May 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m. Pueblo Pioneer Cemetery - Memorial Services will be held at the Cemetery, including posting of the colors, a memorial prayer and music. The public is invited.
Info Zone - Pueblo City-County Library – Exhibits on Walter’s Brewery. For information on dates and times, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Saturday, June 14th - Roselawn Cemetery Walking Tour, 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 Noon
This walking tour through the park-like setting of Roselawn Cemetery, will take you past the final resting places of many of Pueblo’s finest. The grand monuments remind us of a time when the size of your success can be shown in the size of your family marker. There are governors, doctors, bankers and businessmen, women, children and immigrants, with stories that will impress and amaze. Meet in the parking lot at Roselawn. Tour guide Susan Adamich
Event Location - Roselawn Cemetery, 1706 Roselawn Rd., Pueblo 81006
COST is $10.00 per person 12 years and older, under 12 no charge.
Reservations or information call 719-406-0785
PARTICIPANTS: Anyone interested in local history, children welcome, strollers suggested for young children.
RESTRICTIONS:
· These are one and a half to two hour walks, which may not be suitable for all children. Parents must supervise their children, if they are disruptive you may be ask to leave the tour.
· Wheelchairs are welcome, please note however that some streets are paved and some are gravel, some travel on grass that is uneven.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
February 2008 PNP Meeting
The 2008 Neighborhood Clean-Up Summit
This Tuesday, 5 February, will see the monthly Pueblo Neighborhood Partnership meeting.
We’ll be meeting and eating at 11:30 am, in the Pueblo County Conference Center at Santa Fe and 10th St.
The agenda is as follows:
• Brief Introductions
• Announcements by Officials (who have to get back to work quickly)
- TBD
• Primary Topic
- 2008 Neighborhood Clean-Up Summit
• Adjournment
Food and beverages for a working lunch will be available through the offices of the Pueblo City-County Health Department
Please call or e-mail Susan Finzel-Aldred at 583-4309 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to RSVP. Fee for lunch is $6 per person.
If you cannot attend, I suggest you send a representative.
Send announcements for the newsletter to Sandy Daff by e-mail at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Friday, January 25, 2008
It’s That Time Again
The political processes begin once again.
Within a fortnight—specifically on Tuesday, 5 February 2008—we’ll see Colorado’s state-wide caucusing.
It is a simple affair, as opposed to the monstrosities we’ve been witnessing in places like Iowa. You go some place. You talk to some people. You listen to others. You come up with some ideas. You vote, in your group, about this and that. You go home.
If your precinct isn’t well-organized, it’s probably because YOU didn’t decide to do something. You’ll go to some dreary school and mingle with a bunch of other political ‘waifs’.
If your precinct IS well-organized, you’ll likely go to someone’s home and have cookies and coffee….maybe even something bit stronger. [Note: After all, we’re talking heady stuff here.]
The point is that this isn’t Monday Night Football. This is something that (1) happens only once ever two years, not ever week, (2) it requires personal participation, not being a couch potato and (3) the results are far longer lasting than the next days squabble on MVP in the break-room.
I get VERY frustrated with people who are self-defeating. You know the type. They’re the ones who say thinks like, “It’s government. I can’t do anything about it.”
That’s a mind-set that your run-of-the-mill politicians LOVE to hear. It means they don’t have to ‘worry’ or worse, ‘do anything’ about you. You’ve defeated yourself for them.
So, (1) stop whining about what you think is wrong in your community, city, county, state, and/or nation, (2) get up off of your fourth-point-of-contact and (3) get in the ‘game’.
As the adage goes….
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
And football season will be over in a couple of weeks anyway. You’ll need something to replace it.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
OHNO Bi-Monthly General Meeting — December 2007
Food, Fun, Friends and an Election!
Tuesday evening will be the bi-monthly general meeting of the Old Historic Northside Organization. It is open to members and their invited guests.
We’ll not be at our usual meeting place, but, in our now-established tradition, we’ll have a progressive dinner party. Appetizers, entrées and desserts will be offered at three different locations within walking distance of each other. Events begin at 6:30 pm.
To participate, coordinate your contribution with .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Be sure to bring your ballot with you for the election of who will be guiding OHNO next year and the proposed change to the bylaws regarding procedures for use of membership lists.
If you don’t have a ballot via the newsletter, here it is, albeit it is the entire full-color 11x17 document prepared for printing on your very own computer….front and back. Just like we distributed.
Looking forward to this. It’s always been a lot of fun.
Monday, November 12, 2007
HPI Mansion Tour 2007
A grand party in a grand old house.
See details….
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Pueblo Neighborhood Partnership Meeting — October 2007
And now for something completely different….a group of people running for City Council.
The October 2007 meeting of the Pueblo Neighborhood Partnership will be a public forum debate of candidates running for the Pueblo City Council.
Here are the details:
Date: Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Time: 7-9 pm
Place: SRDA cafeteria at 230 North Union
Agenda: Questions relating to neighborhood issues put to candidates running for City Council.
Refreshments: Coffee from SRDA. Cookies or brownies or other finger desserts from YOU. Bring about a dozen of such to share.
What we need from YOU are the following:
[1] Questions to be put to the candidates.
These questions should relate to neighborhood issues.
Send the questions via e-mail by clicking on my name, below.
[2] Cookies or other finger food desserts.
About a dozen.
[3] Communication of this event within your neighborhoods.
Tell your friends, neighbors and associates about this event.
[4] Don’t fill-in and send your mail-in ballot until AFTER you’ve heard all you need from the candidates.
That includes THIS event.
Looking forward to seeing all of you and your neighbors there.
Monday, October 08, 2007
DEFEAT the Convention Center expansion
The expansion to the Convention Center would create low paying jobs and do little to impact the economy of Pueblo
DEFEAT
the Convention Center Expansion
A group of Pueblo civic activists has organized to oppose the city’s ballot questions 2C and 2D to request the voters to approve an expansion of the Pueblo Convention Center. The Citizens Against the Convention Center Expansion is comprised of a committee of a cross-section of progressive thinkers and fiscal conservative community leaders questioning the wisdom of any expansion of the Convention Center, and calling on voters to defeat both questions, 2C authorizing the expansion, and 2D financing it. Ted Freeman and Alvin Rivera are the co-organizer of the effort. Now, let’s look at why it would a mistake to approve the Convention Center expansion:
Economic Impact of the Pueblo Convention Center
How much tourist money goes towards high paying jobs and how much actually stays in Pueblo.
Economic Impact of the Pueblo Convention Center
• The data used for the following analysis of the Economic Impact of the Pueblo Convention Center was taken from the “out –of-town tender” flyer distributed by the Greater Pueblo Chamber.
• Average total spending by conventioneer per day is $170 per person
• Average hotel spending by conventioneer per day is $70 per person, 41% of total
• Average retail, restaurant and other spending per day is $100 per person, 59% of total
• Economic impact of the Pueblo Convention Center to Pueblo is $3,432,982 per year
• Revenue from hotel rooms: $3,432,982X.41=$1,407,523
• Revenue from miscellaneous : $3,432,982X.59=$2,025,459
• City revenue from hotel tax: $1,407,523X.078=$109,787
• City revenue from sales tax on miscellaneous: $2,025,459X.035=$70,891
• Total City revenue produced by Pueblo Convention Center: $109,787+$70,891=$180,678
• The annual cost of the Convention Center(operating cost and mortgage) is approximately $1,200,000
Convention Center Issues
Some reasons to defeat the Convention Center expansion(ballot questions 2C and 2D)
Convention Center
The expansion to the convention center will be on the ballot this November as is the use of the merchants vender fees for financing the building. The City claims the vender fees are not a tax. Of course it’s a tax, a special tax to a specific group, the merchants of Pueblo. Three per cent of the total sales tax is supposed to be returned to the merchants for collecting the tax and for the extra bookwork required. Now, let’s look at some of the reasons the convention center expansion should not happen;
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Art in the Park June 24, 2007
Mineral Palace Park Art Fair
On June 24, the Pueblo Art Guild will have their first Art Fair of the season. Artists will be on the lawn across from the Art Guild Building from noon to four pm, weather permitting.
With a variety of artists expected, there will be many artforms to choose from. If you are an artist, and want to participate, we would love to have you!
For information about the event, call Susan or Diana at 542-2125.
Look for the tents!
Come out for a stroll in the park, and support Pueblo Arts!
Public Transit Planning Open Houses
Public meetings to improve how we get around in Pueblo.
There is going to be a series of public input meetings on our city transit system, i.e., bus service in Pueblo.
I know a lot of us don’t think too much of the bus system in town. Mostly because we drive cars wherever we want to go. However, there are LOTS of people who cannot drive cars; either because they don’t have one or have a disability that prevents them from driving. These people need a good bus service to help them enjoy this great city. And we need to speak up for them. Besides, if gasoline gets up to $8 per gallon, I think a lot of us are going to start seriously considering using public transportation to get to a lot of places ourselves.
See the details….
Friday, May 18, 2007
Pueblo Neighborhood Partnership Steering Committee — 070518
An on-line meeting.
Because we’re scattered to the four winds today, and cannot get together, we’ll have the monthly Steering Committee meeting of the Pueblo Neighborhood Partnership on-line, via this blog.
Below are the details of this meetings requirements….just click on the word ‘More…’.