The Public Arts Committee is meeting 04/02/2025 at 8AM and the Parks, and Recreation Committee is holding a special meeting 04/02/2025 at 6:45PM just prior to the Common Council meeting at 7PM. Each meeting agenda only contains one item which is the selfie sculpture that […]
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Houdini Plaza Selfie Sculpture On Hold – ADI Executive Director Jennifer Stephany Reports That Price Of Materials Is Too High To Proceed With Existing Design And That The Groundswell Of Negative Feedback On Social Media Had Given Them Pause
The selfie sculpture the Appleton Downtown Inc was requesting to install in Houdini Plaza is on hold. ADI Executive Director Jennifer Stephany spoke at the Common Council meeting on 03/19/2025 and explained that the prices for materials had turned out to be too high to […]
Common Council Meeting 03/19/2025 – Will Review Request From AASD To Create New Anti-Truancy Ordinance, Vote On Selfie-Sculpture And Emissions Reduction Resolution
The Common Council is meeting 03/19/2025 at 7PM. They will be receiving a presentation from the Appleton Area School District in which the school district will explain the negative impact of truancy and then request that the Common Council create a local ordinance that would […]
City Plan Commission Unanimously Approves Placement Of Selfie Sculpture In Houdini Plaza – Discussion Emphasizes That Piece Is Not Intended To Be “Fine Art”
The City Plan Commission met 03/12/2025. The item they spent the most time discussing was the request from Appleton Downtown Inc (ADI) to install a selfie-sculpture or selfie-station in Houdini Plaza. Jennifer Stephany, ADI’s executive director, stressed that the sculpture was not intended to be […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Votes 3-1 With 1 Abstention To Approve Houdini Plaza Selfie Sculpture – Discusses Purpose, Value, And Location Of “Selfie Station”
The Parks and Recreation Committee met 03/10/2025. One of the items they took up was the request from Creative Downtown Appleton, Inc to install a selfie sculpture in Houdini Plaza. There was some discussion about the purpose and value of the piece as well as […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 03/10/2025 – Will Vote On Resolution Changing City’s Emissions Reduction Target, Selfie Sculpture, Renewal Of Bird City Designation
The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 03/10/2025 at 6:15PM. They have three items on their agenda. The first is Resolution 2-R-25 regarding the city’s carbon emissions reduction target. Currently, Appleton has a target of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or earlier. This […]