Establishing Markets

I am an arts administrator - the executive director of the Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center. We are preparing to sue the City of Chicago to dismantle the Peddlers License which has been unconstitutionally muzzling artists in Chicago since 1994 when the City lumped artists and other speech vendors under the general peddlers license.

We need to begin now talking about what the solution (remedy in the language of the court)we seek is. Certainly, we want art spots, arts markets, access to Lakefront spaces and parks but we should think about working with other markets to recreate Chicago.

For more on our Free Speech Artists' Movement visit art-teez.org/free-speech.htm

Sincerely,
C. Drew

Hello,

I entered this contest and I am reaching out to people who I think would be supportive of my cause.

If you could post this on your blog or send it to your network I would really appreciate your help.

I need your help and as many people's help as I can muster up. Votes must be in by Friday Feb 29

http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/894-Permanent-Indoor-Farmers-Market

I am one of the top 8 finalists for this month's Advanta ideablob.com $10,000 prize

I have two days left to get enough votes in to win the $10,000 for the Eugene Farmers Market project. You can read about the project when you click on the link to vote for my idea: http://ideablob.com/ideas/894-Permanent-Indoor-Farmers-Market

If you have voted in earlier rounds, you will need to go vote again, ...this is now the FINAL vote so you must vote again.

If you have not voted/registered before, it will require you to create a username, password and enter your name and email address, then you will have to verify your registration with a click through on the email they send to your email address.

I would appreciate it if you can please pass this on to others who would be supportive of my cause, it's crucial that it happens now.

Here's the link to vote for my idea: http://ideablob.com/ideas/894-Permanent-Indoor-Farmers-Market

February 2008 Finalist
Make my idea the $10,000 idea!