MEETING MINUTES
June 9, 2009
Present: Suzz Cromwell, Tom Kennedy, Ted Lavash, Bill Lipchitz, and Diane Testa.
The meeting opened at 8:35 AM.
Captain Kennedy talked about the rewards program that is trying to educe
jaywalking downtown by offering a “ticket” to people who obey the rules that
will be a gift certificate to downtown businesses.
Diane said the Revolving
Museum is hosting some
women who are doing a documentary film on bellydancing
called “Azziza” to raise awareness of the project
and to raise money for it. Some of the interviews of practicioners
were held at the Athenian Corner. Other events coming up at the Revolving
Museum include a pre-animation workshop for kids with the LTC on Saturday, a
members after dark meeting on June 18th, and a reading with kids
(ages 3-5) program on Friday, June 19th at 10 AM and on Saturday
for ages 8 and up to learn balloon animal creation. A new mural will go up on
Merrimack Street
next to Enterprise Bank on the 25th.
Suzz reported that Lowell Film Collaborative
series starts this week at the LTC Studio A on every other Thursday night
through September.
The meeting involving the Revolving
Museum, Gallery 119,
ALL, CASE/COOL and the Lowell Plan to discuss creating a visual arts center
in the downtown area produced some action. The Revolving Museum
has received a grant from the Mass Cultural Council to do a feasibility study
on the idea They will need to come up with $12,000 as a match.
We will invite Parking Department Head Chuck Kearney to a meeting soon to
discuss the pros and cons of the new kiosk system.
The meeting adjourned at 9:250 AM.
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