Can any of you participate/help? Ruth ******************************** Begin forwarded message: From: "Cheung, Leland" <lcheung@cambridgema.gov> Date: February 15, 2011 2:17:18 PM EST Subject: Joint Hearing: Need Your Input & Help We are reaching out to ask for your help with a fun and interesting project. Over the past year, working on issues related to the character and identities of Cambridge neighborhoods, we've been constantly reminded of how much Cambridge has changed over the last 50 years. Change is a fact of life but the city can benefit greatly from a long-term strategy for smart growth and development. In that spirit, this spring the committees that we chair - Neighborhood and Long Term Planning, and Economic Development - are hosting an event to reflect on past change and create a vision for the future. We are reaching out because we'd like input from those most affected by Cambridge's constant evolution, its residents. Over the past few months, we've worked with the Cambridge Historical Society, the Historical Commission, and the Community Development Department to pull together photo retrospectives showing how Cambridge has changed over the past 20, 50, 100 years. To compliment these portraits of the past, we are asking Cambridge artists to take their own snapshots of our city and to draw, picture, or generate what they think that same spot will look like in the future. There are no strict rules besides to envision how Cambridge residents will shop, travel, and interact in 20, 50, or 100 years. Pictures or computer generated graphics submitted by Cambridge residents will be displayed at the hearing and entered in to Cambridge's permanent record. It will be a living time capsule of sorts. We will also be able to display the artwork in City Hall and are working on finding a prize for the audience favorite. Can you please help us spread the word to artists (or anyone with an artistic bent) in your neighborhoods? Sincerely, Leland Cheung Sam Seidel Chair, Committee on Economic Development Chair, Committee on Neighborhood & Long Term Planning