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Thursday, August 15, 2019
Thursday, August 15, 2019
City of Belmont installs second informational kiosk on N. Main St. By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info
The City of Belmont has installed a second informational kiosk right in front of the BannerNews office at 128 N. Main St. The first kiosk was installed on S. Main Street a couple of months ago in front of Stowe Park. The bright red and black kiosk colors and overall design is intended to invoke images of a railroad caboose and was chosen by the Main Street Design committee as reflective of the city’s railroading history. The design is also intended to add to the city’s desire to increase examples of public art. The kiosks will look and function the same in identifying and promoting businesses and events. The city’s Main Street Program is also pondering placing kiosks in East
Belmont aka The River Dis- two kiosks. The costs of trict as well as the Chronicle adding additional kiosks in District when it undergoes the future would be approxiredevelopment. The city is mately $20,000, which is sigcurrently searching and writ- nificantly less.” So, what are the kiosks ing grants to offset costs. These kiosks are probably good for? “The goal of having kitwo to three years out from osks was additional means installation. of marketing Belmont, proHow much do the kiosks moting our downtown busicost? “The city was very for- nesses and events throughout tunate to have a dedicated the city. The kiosks have a group of volunteers who put “cool” factor about them and in hundreds of hours over the are attracting the attention of last year managing and de- a lot of people.” said Miller. veloping the content for the “They are already being used See KIOSK, Page 2 kiosks,” says city manager Adrian Miller. “The materials, software, and hardware for two kiosks cost the city approximately $70,000. The volunteer development work alone saved the city a great deal of money. The more By Alan Hodge difficult tasks and most ex- alan@cfmedia.info pensive work has been comThe second annual Mt. pleted with the software and Holly Lantern Parade is content creation of the first slated for October 26, 2019 at 7pm. Like last year’s inaugural event, this year will see the streets of downtown Mt. Holly lit up in spectacular fashion with dozens of creative, colorful, and fanciful Belmont was one of just handmade paper lanterns 25 cities nationwide to re- crafted by local and other ceive one of the grants. Bel- artists. mont Parks and Rec. director Last year’s parade particiZip Stowe applied for it. pants had a lot of help craft“We are a member of the ing their lanterns thanks to NPRA and they sent an email artist Olive Stack from Ireabout the grant,” Stowe said. land. This year, the interna“I applied back in January. tional theme continues with It was a nice surprise when Kathleen Doody of Canada I found out we had been se- lending her expertise. lected.” Doody began creating lanThe new playground terns in 1982 while living in equipment will be handi- Kyoto, Japan. Since that time, capped accessible. her lanterns have been part of The fact that folks with theater productions, installadisabilities will be able to tions and parades on Toronto enjoy the new playground Island, at Harbourfront, Tounit is important. ronto City Hall, First Night, See LINFORD, Page 4 Fallsview Casino and for the
The new Belmont informational kiosk on N. Main St. with the guys who installed it last week. From left- Michael Stevenson, Chris Brower, D.J. Moise, Jeff Helms. Photo by Alan Hodge
Lantern Parade returning to Mt. Holly
Ground broken for Linford Park improvements By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info
A group of Belmont officials and other interested folks took part in breaking ground at Linford Park on Cason St. in North Belmont last Saturday. The event was a big step towards improving the threeacre site with about $30,000 worth of new playground equipment. The money came from a Meet Me at the Park grant from the Walt Disney Co. and the National Parks and Recreation Association. The city must match the grant funds.
Canadian artist Kathleen Doody (center) was in Mt. Holly last weekend coaching folks who were making lanterns for the Oct. 26 parade. Makenley Turner (left) and Grace Turner were picking up some tips. CBC. She was a founding member of Shadowland Theatre Company and worked with the group for ten years creat-
ing large scale outdoor theater productions with strong community involvement. For 23 years she organized a fire parade on Ward’s Island, To-
ronto. There were workshops leading up to the event where people could make their own lanterns to parade, along with See PARADE, Page 5
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