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The next Sustainable Green Lake (SGL) gathering will be Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 6:30 p.m., at DaVinci’s Pizza (7617 Aurora Ave N).

The “Awake to a New Aurora” neighborhood mural will be unveiled.

From Pennie O’Grady:

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Come for free pizza and be among the first to view a new neighborhood mural on Aurora!

This month SGL is meeting on the 4th (not the 3rd) Tuesday at DaVinci Pizza, 7615 Aurora Ave. Gather at 6:30 pm and celebrate the unveiling of the first of two neighborhood murals.

Those working on this project have hopes of transforming that “black hole” feeling on that stretch of Aurora, increasing pedestrian friendliness and bridging the Greenwood and Greenlake neighborhoods.

This is a multi-functional piece of imagineering as art. Zach Bohnenkamp, John Osgood & Kevin Sullivan from Seattle Mural Art, a local team whose most recent work was installed next to Taproot Theatre after the arsons, have been commissioned for the new Aurora murals. The mural features the theme “Awake to a New Aurora” with a vibrant scene transistioning from green space to a rising sun backdropped with the downtown cityscape view as you go over the Aurora Bridge.

Joint project of SGL and Greenwood Aurora Involved Neighbors (GAIN).

Pennie also has some information about the April Sustainable Green Lake meeting:

Next Month, April 20th (Third Tuesday): This Gathering will be an experience in self-organizing, sustainable governance! If you like high quality conversation, if you wonder if there’s a better way to make collective decisions, if you want to bring your unique voice or (un)tested ideas to the SGL table, if you want deeper engagement in your community (wherever you live) — THIS GATHERING IS FOR YOU! Not only will you be involved in shaping SGL, you will be learning skills that can inform your work in other organizations, civic engagement, etc.

What will Sustainable Green Lake look like as Leif, Megan and Christian transition to their new home outside of Green Lake? Join the Core Team and other SGL members as we welcome DeAnna Martin (Dynamic Facilitator from the Center for Wise Democracy) to help us re-vision and extend our neighborhood group. We’ve received so much appreciation for all the work we’ve already done — now we want to more effectively and broadly develop what we have begun and include you!

Potluck at 6:30 pm. Presentation begins at 7 pm with a brief introduction on possibilities for system-wide sustainable governance. At Bethany Community Church on N 80th and Stone Ave N (8023 Green Lake Dr N). Upstairs in Classroom A. Bring a food dish to share, and your own dinnerware if you can.