With the new building close to finalized come out to our first fund raiser and support the move. We can’t do this without you.
Friday, October 31st - 9 pm - ?? - ACME Warehouse
Music * Fire Performance * Raffle with Great Prizes * Zombie Photo Booth
We have found a wonderful property in East Oakland that is interested in doing a long term lease with us. The space is huge and has ample indoor space and an enormous yard. The building is in great shape, has plenty of well distributed electricity, natural light, and comes with a dust collection system - score!
Snook and others met with the property managers earlier this week. They are very excited about what NIMBY does and feel we would be great tenants. The lease is not signed yet, but we are hurrying along in that direction. It is looking very promising and the owners are working with Snook to make moving in a great deal for NIMBY.
The location is only 2 minutes by car from a the Coliseum BART station and an 8 minute drive from the current NIMBY location. We hope most of you wont find that be a huge commute. Also, the nearby residential neighborhood is adorable. We are looking forward to having a new (cuter) NIMBY neighborhood.
To make this move happen will take the support of the entire community. Move in requires first, last and deposit. Because many tenants have needed to find other spaces during the interim we need to do a fund raising push to keep NIMBY alive and move it in to the new space. (donate via paypal to [email protected])
There was a huge out-pouring of support for the Cultural Arts and Marketing Department. So many people were at the Oakland City Council meeting last night that it was standing room only even after they opened up a second room. A fantastic NIMBY show of support was there, as well as the entire staff of The Crucible, and members of a great number of Oakland arts organizations. The grant money given to art organizations by the Cultural Arts and Marketing Department is something NIMBY 2.0 will be seeking, and this department has shown us a great deal of support as we are working through the logistics of our move and finding the right space.
The City of Oakland’s Cultural Arts Funding in about to get cut from the City’s budget. This departments has been a major supporter of continuing to keep NIMBY alive and well in Oakland. The grants currently offered by Oakland’s Cultural Arts Funding program are crucial for the success of NIMBY 2.0. The Crucible currently relies heavily on these funds.
1.) Forward this message to as many people as possible.
2.) Sign the online petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Oakland_Arts_Funding/index.html
3.) Come to the City Council Meeting on Tuesday October 21st!
Oakland City Hall
1 Frank Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612 US
4.) Contact a Council Member and let them know how important the arts are to you!
Funding for the Cultural Arts and Marketing Department is on the chopping block and will be voted on by the Oakland City Council this Tuesday, October 21. The meeting begins at 6pm and this topic is currently Item 19 on the Agenda, so it could be a long night. Grant funding is in jeopardy, as are all of the staff positions. This is a serious threat to a thriving but already under-funded community. We do understand that the City’s finances are in a dire situation, but the fact of the matter is that the cultural arts department has historically borne more than its share of cuts and now represents only .4% (4/10 of 1%) of the overall city budget, yet serves 6,273 children and youth through the art in the schools program (most of whom would not have access to arts without these programs), and another 957,650 people through performances, events, etc. Not only will department staff lose their jobs: staff and teachers in the already-fragile arts sector will also lose jobs. The arts are not a luxury! Children and youth who participate in arts programs and learn positive ways to express themselves are less likely to engage in unsafe or criminal activities. Neighborhoods with visual and performing arts venues bring in $$s to the local economy, help prevent crime and violence by “keeping the lights on”, and add to the overall quality of life in our city.
There are currently three council members who are opposed to cutting arts funding: Nancy Nadel, Jane Brunner, and Desley Brooks. All other council members have indicated that they will vote to cut the program. Please don’t let this happen!! Contact your council person immediately (preferably before Monday) and let them know that cutting the arts program is unacceptable. Also, let the three council members that support the arts know how much you appreciate their support. Below is contact info for each of the district council members:
District 1, Jane Brunner, [email protected], (510) 238-7001;
District 2, Pat Kernighan,[email protected], (510) 238-7002;
District 3, Nancy Nadel, [email protected], (510) 238-7003;
District 4, Jean Quan, [email protected], (510) 238-7004;
District 5, Ignacio de la Fuente. [email protected], (510) 238-7005;
District 6, Desley Brooks, [email protected], (510) 238-7006;
District 7, Larry Reid, [email protected], (510) 238-7007
At-Large, Henry Chang, Jr., [email protected]
Not sure who your council member is? Click here to find out: http://www.oaklandnet.com/oit/CDST/DistMain.cfm
Please forward this to your staff, board, friends, students, their parents, your mailing list, etc. It is our responsibility to make our voices heard - and to let the officials know that we represent a larger portion of the public than they think!
Here’s a link to the evite:
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=ACFFSJPPTIYVQCGKBKXY&inviteId=PBNDQUYBQENJDTPITZEK&showPreview=false&x=15069028
At this point we have looked at a great number of fantastic options for the new NIMBY space. Several options are on the table and offers are being made. Now it is just the matter of which deal has the most pluses in the end. As of this moment we are putting in offers on several properties and meeting with landloards to discuss the nitty gritty lease details. Moving to the new location will commence as soon as things are signed and dotted - but we still need more people to continue to pay rent at the current location and to donate for the initial start-up costs of the new space.
