Friends and neighbors: First, happy new year greetings to everyone. Hope this is a wonderful, healthy, fulfilling year for us all. Second, thanks so much to everyone who has donated in recent weeks to Friends of the Fountain and Walk. The generous, continuing support of our community is inspiring and gratifying. And your tax-deductible contributions will help us take care...
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Friends and neighbors: First, here is hoping that with the arrival of the Fourth of July Thursday, everyone enjoys a great, long holiday weekend. Our volunteers were out this past weekend (a weekend earlier than usual) to spruce up The Circle and Fountain Walk as they do each month, and things are looking great around this city landmark. If you’d...
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Friends and neighbors: The Fountain at The Circle has been temporarily drained and left dark in the evening in order for some needed repairs to be made to its electrical system. It was drained Sunday, Oct. 21; the repairs are scheduled to take place this week. Draining the fountain was necessary to allow for the inspection and likely replacement of...
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Friends and neighbors: If you have been by The Circle in recent days, you may have seen city crews at work digging and planting locator flags on the center island and the surrounding parking strips. They have been carrying out various pieces of long-planned projects, some of which are finally coming to fruition. Following on the heels of the recent resurfacing of...
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Today was the forty-fourth day of the repairs to the fountain. Here is what was done, followed by some photos: City Parks Department staff worked on a few remaining items: they used expanding foam insulation to fill in where the concrete had been removed to install the new plumbing; they completed the drain for the middle bowl; they installed the...
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Today was the forty-third day of the repairs to the fountain. Here is what was done, followed by some photos: A couple Friends of the Fountain and Walk Board members volunteered to vacuum and wet mop the fountain pool surface. The fountain repairs are complete, with the exception of a few minor tasks. The fountain was started and it looks...
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Today was the forty-second day of the repairs to the fountain. Here is what was done, followed by some photos: The Electrical Department replaced the wiring in the vault to the four pool light fixtures. They also completed installing one new light fixture and adding sealant gel to the junction box, which is submerged under water. The gel requires two...
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Today was the forty-first day of the repairs to the fountain. Here is what was done, followed by some photos: City Parks Department staff worked on remedying the water not coming out of the top (crown jet fountainhead) as before. They installed a few more pipes to make the temporary setup permanent. This should allow the water to come out...
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Today was the fortieth day of the repairs to the fountain. Here is what was done, followed by some photos: City Parks Department staff and a couple Friends of the Fountain and Walk (FOFW) Board members worked on remedying the water not coming out of the top (crown jet fountainhead) as before. City Parks Department staff installed a few more...
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Today was the thirty-ninth day of the repairs to the fountain. Here is what was done, followed by some photos: A couple Friends of the Fountain and Walk (FOFW) Board members worked on remedying the water not coming out of the top (crown jet fountainhead) as before. This is a temporary fix to help us understand the problem. City Parks...
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