May 30, 2022
Cathedral City
Dear Cathedral City Cove resident,
Cathedral City is the second youngest of the nine Coachella Valley cities. While its roots go back to the 1930's, since incorporating in 1981, great strides have been made. Today, Cathedral City is a premier place to live, raise a family, and do business. Since 2000, the Cathedral Public Arts Commission has been instrumental in bringing arts-related projects to fruition; projects that enhance residents' quality of life. While many steps can be taken to enrich a community, a particularly powerful step is to recognize the contributions of notable former residents. By recognizing and honoring these now-passed residents' contributions, a community ensures their legacy and contributions live on so newer residents and visitors may still enjoy their contributions.
In 2020, based on numerous resident requests, the Cathedral City City Council approved a street topper sign policy. A street sign topper is an additional street sign mounted on top of existing residential intersection street signs. These signs do not impact the mailing addresses of any residents and are not acknowledged by the U.S. Postal Service or any delivery service. These signs only celebrate Cathedral City's history and sense of community. An example of an existing street sign topper is provided below.
This street sign topper policy gives Cathedral City residents the ability to celebrate unique community characteristics, down to the street level. These notable characteristics, such as acknowledging nationally recognized artists (e.g. Agnes Pelton and Val Samuelson) or subdivisions with unique designs (Dream Homes community or Ocotillo Square) help visitors and future residents appreciate the historic significance of the various areas.
For nearly 100 years, art has been a defining characteristic of the Cathedral City Cove community. Sadly, in 2018, the Cove lost three nationally recognized artists, icons within the art community, who lived in the Cove. To recognize their life's work and contributions, the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission would like to acknowledge these artists by placing street sign toppers on the intersection stréet signs on the artists' respective streets. The artists the Public Arts Commission would like to acknowledge are:
1) Sculptor Bill Anson. Mr. Anson lived at the east end of San Jacinto Road. A sign blade would be installed at the entrance of the San Jacinto Road cul de sac.
2) Painter Joe Novak. Mr. Novak lived on Bel Air Drive between Grandview Road and Knoll View. A sign blade would be placed at the corner of Grandview Road and Bel Air Drive and at the corner of Knoll View and Bel Air Drive.
3) Painter Tim Townsley. Mr. Townsley lived on San Jacinto Road between Cathedral Canyon Drive and Glenn Avenue. A sign blade would be placed at the corner of San Jacinto Road and Cathedral Canyon and San Jacinto Road and Glenn Avenue.
Subject to City Council approval, these signs will be installed this summer. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Stone James,DPPD at [email protected]. If we do not hear from you by June 10th, we will assume you support celebrating Cathedral City's rich history.
Thank you,
gropingo
DeeAnn Hopings
Chairperson
Public Arts Commission
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