Upcoming
CAJE Meetings until
the right solution is found:
CAJE
meetings are set for Mondays, 6:00
PM, on the dates listed below. All
meetings are scheduled at First Congregational
UCC, 310 Broadway (corner of 3rd and Broadway)
in Eau Claire. The meetings usually are
held in Ingram Hall, just off the kitchen.
If the meeting is moved to another room
in the building, signs will be provided
at the Broadway entrance.
Show
your disapproval of the Counties proposed
Referendum Question
WE
SUPPORT AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM WITH HONEST
CHOICES!!!
GIVE
THE PUBLIC THE CHOICE TO SPEND $3 MILLION
TO REMODEL WHAT WE HAVE AND MAKE DO FOR
ANOTHER 7 TO 10 YEARS...
A
1 TO 2 YEAR PAYBACK MAKES THAT SOUND LIKE
A GOOD INVESTMENT
Provide
Public support at the combined county
committee meeting on:
Monday, February 8th at 6:00p.m.
in room 2250
Support
Candidates as
they gear up for spring elections!
Ted
Barr - District 28
Eric Zeegars - District 13
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Imagine
Other Possibilities
for 1st Avenue!
Instead of building a jail, what
if we built an ice cream and malt shop?
A German restaurant with a beer garden?
An old-time neighborhood grocery store?
What if those buildings had second story
condos with balconies with a view of the
river?
They
say that sometimes there are just better
uses that can be created on a piece of
property. Aside from the reality that
a new Jail and courts and a new parking
ramp being squeezed into a space that
will be unable to have room to expand
to meet the future needs of Eau Claire
County government; we are also destroying
a pristine location. This beautiful site
can add to the uniqueness of West Grand
Ave Business district - and is one of
the most beautiful river views in Eau
Claire. If you really want to encourage
people to use the downtown then you have
to give them a place to go and a place
to live downtown.
This
Concept is a design CAJE had created to
show a better use of 1st Ave at the corner
of West Grand. Aside from adding tax base
back onto the city of Eau Claire’s
tax rolls, this building concept would
provide space for people to live and space
for unique businesses complimentary to
what makes West Grand desirable. We believe
this idea will have life and help create
itself, when the full disclosure of the
current county plan is revealed; and the
community realizes it’s limitations
will not meet the county’s needs
over the next 100 years.
Now
is one of those times that come along
when a community needs to chose where
it wants its future to go. Our suggestion
is to create a remote Justice Center on
a site large enough to serve county government
and judicial needs for the next century
and beyond. Utilize the current county
building as a cooperative Government Center..
Our common sense also tells us that if
we cannot afford to do what is best at
this time... because of the economy and
current tax burdens, then we should fix
what we have and make do for the next
10 years or more. When times are better
- we can afford what we will need. The
space downtown is too small to meet county
needs so why put our head in the sand
and make to wrong decision. It is the
wrong space for a Jail and the growing
needs of county government. We believe
that there are better concepts that can
be achieved . With effort, community support
and planning we can create better spaces
in Eau Claire.
The
design attached was created by the members
of CAJE who believe we must plan and make
the best use of our resources. The members
of CAJE had this concept design created
to hopefully spark some other ideas of
what we should be doing on 1st Ave. When
the County builds its Justice Center on
a site that can grow and will allow the
future needs of the county to be met....
it is our hope that other ideas and designs
similar to the one below will come forth
and make better use of 1st Ave. Let’s
work together to get it back and to make
it a productive member of our tax rolls.
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