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Fountain to Be Replaced In a few months the area in front of City Hall should look quite different than it does today. The Town Council accepted a proposal by Russell Design for a new “ fountain courtyard”. The project will be the culmination of work by a Fountain Committee, chaired by Jolene Rule. The committee first heard ideas on what features should be included in a fountain and the area around it. Russell Design . was asked to present some plans to the committee incorporating the features of a fountain with minimum maintenance requirements, some plantings, seating, accessibility, a set- back from the alley, and loss of a minimum number of parking spaces. The centerpiece will be a fountain with a dolphin patterned after the well-known Greentown Glass dolphin. It will be carved of limestone and treated with water seal. Dwight Schaaf, who will be doing the masonry on the project, will put a mosaic of Greentown Glass in the bottom of the fountain. On either side of the fountain will be planters for flowers. Low walls will set off the main area. These walls will be protected from traffic by pilons. The floor will be . . brick. A United States and an Indiana State flag will be on the ijorth end of the plaza. The new fountain will replace the current fountain, flower boxes, and walls which were installed as Greentown’s U. S. Bicentennial project. The current fountain has been replaced twice and the walls were needing repair. The fountain has been the subject of different opinions, with some wanting it removed completely and others wanting repair. Volume 11, Issue 7 “ apapr fordlepeopk” July 2004 The Council was unanimous in their approval of the new design. The total project is priced at $ 46,304.00 and will be paid out of Economic Development Income Tax funds. View of proposed Fountain Courtyard with front of Greentown City Building Renderings supplied by Russell Design
Object Description
Title | The Greentown Grapevine – 2004-07, 11:07 |
Subject | newspapers |
Subject, Local | Greentown, Howard County (Ind.) |
Item Type | newspaper |
Technical Metadata | Digital images captured by Imaging Office Systems 2008 |
Item ID | im-kokomo-news-greentown-2004-07 |
Local Item ID | Greentown History Center – newspaper collection |
Usage Statement | The Greentown Area Residential Association has granted permission to the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library and the Greentown Historical Society to copy any and all issues of the Greentown Grapevine. Permission granted to view and print items from this digital collection for personal use, study, research, or classroom teaching. |
Date Original | 2004-07 |
Date Digital | 2008 |
Publisher | Greentown Area Residential Association, 1993- |
Description |
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Foundation to Be Replaced |
Language | en |
Contributors | Kokomo-Howard County Public Library; Greentown Historical Society |
Source | Original newspaper: The Greentown Grapevine, July 2004, Volume 11, Issue 07 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | [PDFs are fully searchable] |
Description
Title | The Greentown Grapevine – 2004-07, 11:07 - Page 1 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | Fountain to Be Replaced In a few months the area in front of City Hall should look quite different than it does today. The Town Council accepted a proposal by Russell Design for a new “ fountain courtyard”. The project will be the culmination of work by a Fountain Committee, chaired by Jolene Rule. The committee first heard ideas on what features should be included in a fountain and the area around it. Russell Design . was asked to present some plans to the committee incorporating the features of a fountain with minimum maintenance requirements, some plantings, seating, accessibility, a set- back from the alley, and loss of a minimum number of parking spaces. The centerpiece will be a fountain with a dolphin patterned after the well-known Greentown Glass dolphin. It will be carved of limestone and treated with water seal. Dwight Schaaf, who will be doing the masonry on the project, will put a mosaic of Greentown Glass in the bottom of the fountain. On either side of the fountain will be planters for flowers. Low walls will set off the main area. These walls will be protected from traffic by pilons. The floor will be . . brick. A United States and an Indiana State flag will be on the ijorth end of the plaza. The new fountain will replace the current fountain, flower boxes, and walls which were installed as Greentown’s U. S. Bicentennial project. The current fountain has been replaced twice and the walls were needing repair. The fountain has been the subject of different opinions, with some wanting it removed completely and others wanting repair. Volume 11, Issue 7 “ apapr fordlepeopk” July 2004 The Council was unanimous in their approval of the new design. The total project is priced at $ 46,304.00 and will be paid out of Economic Development Income Tax funds. View of proposed Fountain Courtyard with front of Greentown City Building Renderings supplied by Russell Design |