Thanks to the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters and long-time resident Brad Lancaster for this great and detailed map of Dunbar/Spring's water harvesting features, as well as other public facilities/resources, and public art. Includes topography and watershed info for Dunbar/Spring.
Neighborhood Art
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Invite your friends and family to a fun-filled event to showcase our neighborhood to the greater Tucson community! More information on our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/dunbarspringneighborhood and on the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/283371565388531/
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May 9, 2013
Larry Hecker, Chairman, and Members Pima County Bond Advisory Committee
130 W. Congress, 10th floor
Tucson, AZ 85701
CC: Richard Elias
Re: Neighborhood Reinvestment Bond Funding
Dear Chairman Hecker and members of the Bond Advisory Committee,
We the residents of the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood in Tucson wish to express our support for the Pima County Neighborhood Reinvestment…
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After a long, but productive process the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood, working with many entities including the Pima County and the City of Tucson, has finished putting in extensive water harvesting infrastructure, native vegetation, traffic circles, chicanes, neighborhood art, and more.We celebrated completion of the project on Saturday morning, braving cold and rain. Thank you to everyone who…
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The celebration will take place at the Dunbar/Spring Community Garden at the corner of 11th Ave and University Blvd.There will be food and refreshments provided and several leaders will speak.Special thanks to the following organizations who helped bring these improvement to the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood:Supervisor Richard Elias, District 5, Pima County Board of SupervisorsVice-Mayor Regina…
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Pima County Neighborhood Reinvestment Program grant proposal. Submitted Oct. 7, 2008.
The Dunbar Spring neighborhood is a small, historic, and culturally diverse neighborhood located just north of downtown Tucson. The name Dunbar Spring (not “springs”) is derived from two prominent Tucson citizens - African-American poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and John Spring who was one of Tucson’s first…
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We have a mural! Pima County Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funded several art projects in the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood including this mural, completed on April 29th, 2012. If you would like to see it go to the intersection of University Blvd. and 11th Ave.Thanks to everyone who helped paint as well as those who made the grant possible.