EDo News & Views
Editor
Rob Dickson
Publisher
Lara Simon
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EDo Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors
President
David Mahlman Mahlman Studio Architects
Vice President
Doug Majewski
Design Group
Secretary
Marc Bertram
Hotel Parq Central
Treasurer
Michael Wewerka
Wewerka Enterprises
Michael Armijo
Southwest Securities
John Chavez
New Mexico Angels
Moises Gonzalez
Huning Highlands
Lauren Greene
The Grove Caf� & Market
Sarah Hartford
Hartford Square Cafe
Terry Keene
Artichoke Caf�
Jim Maddox
Maddox Properties
Randi McGinn
McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya and Love, P.A.
Bevin Owens
Compass Companies
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Huning Highland Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors
President Bonnie Anderson Vice President Moises Gonzales Secretary Kathy Grassel Treasurer Ann Carson Jesse Arneson Greg Bloom Ryan Bromberg Zoey Fink Phoenix Forrester Steve Grant Elaine McGivern Lee Spittler Karla Thornton |
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Jeff Speck at Hotel Parq Central, August 14th
Please mark your calendars and plan to meet the renowned author of "Walkable City" at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, August 14th at EDo's Hotel Parq Central, 806 Central SE.
The message of "Walkable City" is clear - cities composed of walkable, complete, and convenient neighborhoods (where driving is optional) will thrive economically. Drive-only cities will fail to attract or retain talented people. Jeff will tell you why.
The event is free (cash bar) and open to the public, sponsored by the proposed N.M. Chapter of Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). CNU membership applications and copies of "Walkable City" will be available at the event, and Jeff will gladly sign your copy.
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Subway Drive-Through Denied
The Zoning Hearing Examiner (ZHE) for the City of Albuquerque has denied Subway's application for a drive-through at 501 Central NE, the former Pop N' Taco location.
The EDo Neighborhood Association and Huning Highland Historic District Association Boards both unanimously opposed the application. Click here to read the ZHE decision.
Subway has appealed the decision to the Zoning Board of Appeals. They will hear the case on August 27th at 600 2nd Street NW, Basement Hearing Room. The public is welcome to attend.
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Central Avenue Complete Street Master Plan
All businesses and residents of EDo and Huning Highlands anxiously await the recommendations of Gateway Planning Group and Nelson/Nygard Transportation Engineers for Central Avenue from First Street Downtown to Girard in Nob Hill.
The neighborhood supports a 3-lane Central from First to I-25, with a continuous center turn lane flanked by a travel lane in each direction, on-street parking at widened sidewalks, and colored bike lanes. This same condition for Central has been tested from 8th Street west to San Pasquale over the past 2 years. It has slowed traffic, increased cycling and pedestrian trips, spurred a number of redevelopment projects like Vinaigrette and Aveda, and has not impeded transit operations.
Slower traffic not only means more safety, it's better for business. And it's a proven fact all over the country - the highest property values on are the most beautiful and pedestrian-friendly streets.
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First Baptist Church Property
As reported by the Albuquerque Journal, UNM holds an option to purchase the vacant First Baptist Church property at Broadway & Central, almost 4 city blocks. With some City funding assistance, the site is being considered for an incubator business facility where basic university research is the raw material for new products and services from private companies. This approach is prevalent with many state universities across the country.
EDo supports this kind of partnership to bring redevelopment and jobs to Downtown. We have communicated our hope to the University and to the City that any project would maintain the street and block pattern of Downtown and EDo, and would be a mixed-use project that would include residential development.
We think a vibrant neighborhood approach to the site is in everyone's best interests. There are too many dead institutional zones in our city.
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Special Collections Library
Kudos and hats off to Eileen O'Connell and her staff at our wonderful City library at 423 Central NE. In case you've been missing it, the library sponsors a number of very interesting - and free - educational community events.
Check it out for yourself at http://abclibrary.org/specialcollections. Upcoming events include an all day Civil War in New Mexico program on July 20th (starting at 9:45 AM), and A Midsummer Night's Dream presentation on July 27th at 10:30 AM.
Thank you Eileen and team!
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Tree Planting Ceremony This Friday at Lead & Arno
The final tree of the Re-Tree Plan for Lead and Coal between I-25 and Broadway will be planted in a ceremony this Friday at 9:30 am at Lead and Arno.
A $4,000 grant secured by Huning Highlands Neighbors Greg Bloom and David Day and EDo resident Elaine McGivern, helped fund the City project. Thanks, neighbors!
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PechaKucha This Friday
Join the UNM School of Architecture and Planning this Friday, July 19th at 5:20 pm at ABQ UNM City Lab for refreshments and PechaKucha presentations from faculty speakers Mark Childs on Route 66, Jorge Colon on his recent experience in Brazil, and Ellen Babcock on the Friends of Orphan Signs project.
PechaKucha Nights are informal, fun gatherings for creative people to share their ideas, projects, thoughts, etc, with each speaker showing 20 images, each for 20 seconds.
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