You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. I’ll open this thread every Friday at 5pm.
You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. I’ll open this thread every Friday at 5pm.
The restaurant Sasa has appeared on this blog for its side door, its front door, the meat sign on the side wall, and it’s Koi pond so it’s easy to see how it won the Action for Beauty award of excellence last year.
From the Walnut Creek Action for Beauty Council website:
The council, consisting of a group of citizens independent of the city’s political structure, has been issuing design review awards for 40 years. The awards honor projects in architecture, landscaping, and public art. The awards tend to focus on businesses, and how their designs enhance the quality of life in Walnut Creek.
Walnut Creek Action for Beauty Council’s community involvement dates back to the mid 1960’s when we partnered with the Chamber of Commerce on a “Clean-up-Fix-up-Paint-Up” Campaign in 1967 resulting in improvements to many business fronts, landscaping, homes cleaned up, and junk cars removed.
Walnut Creek Action for Beauty Council encourages good design, quality development and landscaping in Walnut Creek. Any citizen can nominate possible candidate projects.
Prominent Architects and Landscape Architects come to Walnut Creek to judge the work of award nominees. Our annual Awards Luncheon presents awards to outstanding projects in the Walnut Creek area to reward and encourage more high quality projects.
Continuing the memorial theme, this bench is located at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek near Boudin Bakery. If had to choose between the bench and lamp post, I’d go with the bench. Would anyone choose the lamp post?
An update to last week’s post on Walnut Creek Light Pole Sponsorships; the Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association has a section on this adoption program. Turns out it costs $500 to “adopt” a lamp post:
The Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association is again organizing the installation of street light pole bases with personalized plaques at Plaza Escuela, Olympia Place and N. Main Street between Ygnacio and Civic Dr.
This special Street Light Pole Adoption program offers an opportunity for your family or your business to be recognized by the community while supporting the enhancement of Downtown Walnut Creek.
A contribution of $500.00 allows you or your business to participate in this special program. A personal plaque will be installed on your street light with your name and message. Don’t miss this opportunity to Let Your Light Shine on Downtown Walnut Creek!
Please fill out the Lamppost Adoption Application and send it to the Walnut Creek Downtown Business Association, 1615 Bonanza St, Suite 213, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 along with your check or money order for $500 made out to WCDBA. Now you can also pay online!
The installation date for your plaque will be confirmed when payment is received.
You can see another photo below:
Personally I’d prefer a memorial on a bench. As far as businesses using this for advertising I don’t get it as it’s so low to the ground that I can’t imagine many people even knowing it’s there, but it’s an interesting idea nonetheless.
A new employee parking program begins today for Broadway Plaza employees in Walnut Creek. Does anyone know whether this will affect regular customers?
Spotted at Walnut Creek City Hall.
You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. I’ll open this thread every Friday at 5pm.
You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. I’ll open this thread every Friday at 5 pm.
Check out the broken window at Thirteen Salon located on Locust St. next to Mr Lucky’s Bar & Grill. Scuttlebutt going around is that a patron there may have kicked it in one night. As of today the window has been replaced, although it’s just another in a long list of incidents involving bars and nightclubs in downtown Walnut Creek. Since this isn’t confirmed maybe it was just a freak accident?
Broadway Plaza is a great place to shop, with plenty of artwork and places to sit while sipping on a drink from one of the several cafes nearby. So when a reader recently pointed out that the circular bench that used to be next to Nordstrom was missing, I couldn’t believe it. Why would they do such a thing? If anyone from Broadway Plaza or elsewhere knows what happened please let us know. We miss it.
