Pioneer Ways Arts

The City of Oak Harbor issued an RFP calling for artists to submit proposals for art to be placed on Pioneer Way since the street is being redeveloped. The deadline for the RFP was January 14, 2011. The City received 16 proposals. The City of Oak Harbor Arts Commission will review the proposals and make a recommendation to the City Council. This blog has been created to share information with the public on the proposals.

Project parameters

The RFP requested proposals for four possible locations along Pioneer Way. The general locations that are currently under consideration are:
1) City Beach Street and Pioneer Way - SE corner or general vicinity
2) Dock Street and Pioneer Way - NW corner or general vicinity
3) Ireland St and Pioneer Way
4) Midway Blvd and Pioneer way - NE corner or general vicinity.

Total budget = $80,000

The Art Commission considered the City Beach Street and the Midway Blvd location to be the entryways and therefore assigned prominence to these locations by allocating $30,000 to each of those locations.

The Art Commission may choose to change some of these location or allocate $$ based on the choice of artwork.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Surveys in the March utility bills

In an effort to provide more public input opportunities for the proposed art projects along Pioneer Way, a survey will be included in the March utility bills.  The survey will provide options to rate the proposed art projects on a scale of 1 to 10.  The Arts Commission will then use the survey feedback along with other criteria such as cost, maintenance etc. to make a recommendation to the City Council. 

The survey will be available online starting March 21, 2011.  A link to the survey will be provided here on this blog as well as the City's website and the Pioneer Way construction blog.  The deadline for the survey is April 18, 2011.

Hard copies of the survey can be dropped off at City Hall, 865 SE Barrington Drive, Oak Harbor.
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