Dunbar Spring #1 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/15/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Dunbar Spring Neighborhood traffic circle. First in a series in the neighborhood. Watch out for traffic & remember to bring a pen.

Strokes of inspiration enliven area traffic circle
Artists' directional signs add color, cap 3 years of effort in Dunbar-Spring

It may just look like an artsy sign in the middle of a traffic circle at Ninth Avenue and University Boulevard - colorful arrows pointing to the mountains and nearby neighborhoods.
But the technicolor M*A*S*H-like crossroads directional sign erected Monday was the last step in a three-year collaboration that brought together many people who live in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods.
That was precisely the intent of the $2,400 PRO Neighborhoods grant awarded to Dunbar/Spring in March 2005 to complete the neighborhood's desire for traffic circles on Ninth Avenue at University and at Second Street, which were built two years ago.
"Neighborhoods are surprised how far they can get when they get together," said Joanie Sawyer, a program associate at PRO Neighborhoods. "What they leveraged with the $2,400 is tenfold with donations and volunteer time."
PRO Neighborhoods is a collaboration of the city, Pima County, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona to bring people, resources and organizations together to solve neighborhood problems. The organization gives out $500 to $5,000 grants to grass-roots neighborhood groups committed to projects to improve their communities.
"What we're interested in is the process, the ability to learn how to engage others and partner with other organizations," Sawyer said.
The Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Association got the traffic circles built after winning approval from 80 percent of residents within one block of each intersection.
The traffic circles themselves were built with neighborhood participation using $2,500 in city Back to Basics grant money for neighborhood infrastructure projects, said Todd Bullington, management coordinator in the city Department of Neighborhood Resources.
In May 2006, dozens of neighbors turned out to paint a street mural around the circle at Second Street.
Dunbar/Spring followed the suggestion of neighborhood leader Brad Lancaster to ornament the University traffic circle with a crossroads sign.
"We went through big discussions of what should be on the sign," said Natasha Winnik, who teamed with Karen Greene as the project's main organizers.
Neighbors came up with the four mountain ranges, surrounding neighborhoods, the Santa Cruz River, and downtown. At the top, bike handles were fashioned to spell out Dunbar Spring.
Artists living in the chosen neighborhoods painted the signs of their neighborhood.
"The thing that was very gratifying for me was all the artists coming together, donating their time and energy," Greene said.
Winnik said the crosstown sign is "place making" for Ninth and University.
"People slow down and see what's there," she said. "The sign draws that energy from the community."
TEYA VITU
Tucson Citizen (visit link)

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