Announcements
Posted by Cynthia Ruzak
- Oct. 7, Friday from 1-5pm is the next Jim Van Creek outing. Please click here to view flyer. Please RSVP to sfoster@rotarycharities.org or 941-4010. Please include your cell phone and email address.
- Al Bonney announced that there is now a youtube video of the Rotary Show “Happy Dance” clip.
- Carolyn Collins was at the meeting promoting the Twilight Club’s project of collaboration with “Born To Read” advocating literacy with their event Oct.1 at the Library.
- To assist with exchange student interviews this Sunday, Sept. 25th contact Lindsey Dickinson at 922-3241
- Cindy Ruzak announced that the Water Committee will soon be doing their fall “bug count” on Kid’s Creek, as part of the Watershed Center’s Adopt A Stream Program, for which the training will be held on October 1st. Anyone interested in participating can contact her at 947-2214.
And to finish the record pace of the meeting, our speaker Greg Weykamp from Edgewater Design was a self-proclaimed fast speaker especially when passionate about what he does for a living; so his portion of the meeting was equally 
information packed about the design possibilities for the Discovery Pier. He showed fascinating slides of previous projects such as 31st Street Marina in Chicago utilizing private revenue generated from the slip fees to help pay for an adjacent improved park and underground parking. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina project is part of a larger plan to create a more attractive and accessible waterfront in New York, and this project contributes a percentage of revenues to partners promoting boating in the area. Greg emphasized the company’s design principals of leveraging private dollars, providing waterfront access to everyone, and authenticity. Authenticity accounts for their focus in being true to the space being designed, what makes that place special. For example, using a particular local stone from which the nearby lighthouse was built to line a wall in the marina to visually tie together those Rochester, NY structures, and including a promenade so all can walk along the waterfront. Another project at Harbor Shores in St. Joseph serves as a beginning piece to linking St. Joseph and Benton Harbor together physically along the waterfront in both towns.
information packed about the design possibilities for the Discovery Pier. He showed fascinating slides of previous projects such as 31st Street Marina in Chicago utilizing private revenue generated from the slip fees to help pay for an adjacent improved park and underground parking. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Marina project is part of a larger plan to create a more attractive and accessible waterfront in New York, and this project contributes a percentage of revenues to partners promoting boating in the area. Greg emphasized the company’s design principals of leveraging private dollars, providing waterfront access to everyone, and authenticity. Authenticity accounts for their focus in being true to the space being designed, what makes that place special. For example, using a particular local stone from which the nearby lighthouse was built to line a wall in the marina to visually tie together those Rochester, NY structures, and including a promenade so all can walk along the waterfront. Another project at Harbor Shores in St. Joseph serves as a beginning piece to linking St. Joseph and Benton Harbor together physically along the waterfront in both towns.