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A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 24-22 EXTENDING THE INSTALLATION OF "MELODY" FOR AN ADDITIONAL 18 MONTHS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Brief Description: The Mayor and staff wish to extend Melody's (large bird sculpture) and the 365-Day Kindness Garden stay on the Park Lane/Merino Green by 18 months, alongside the return of 150 smaller birds art exhibit in Spring/Summer 2026. The project continues to promote a sense of community through kindness.
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Legislative History
22-88 (passed 7/19/22); 24-22 (passed 2/20/24); 25-0039 (discussion item 3/18/25)
Purpose & Explanation
Background - Birdsong Project, Melody
In July 2022, the Birdsong project, a unique public art installation, throughout the Gazebo, Clocktower, and South (Ravenna St.) greens received a one-year approval from Council to display 150 small bird sculptures hand-painted by local artists. Resolution 22-88 (19July2022). As a part of this project, Melody, a larger bird exhibit, which was adorned with hundreds of small tiles painted by residents of all ages and housed on the Park Lane Green was installed in the Spring of 2023. Melody's stay on the Park Lane green was extended in 2024 to run through the end of April 2025 via Resolution 24-22 and 3 planters filled with painted Kindness rocks were added and dedicated to the community in the Spring of 2024 with Art class students from both Seton and the Hudson City Middle School in attendance.
Expanded Project Scope
Locally and with Rome, Italy While the 150 small birds were removed from the Clocktower, Gazebo and South (Ravenna St.) greens in the Spring of 2024, they have since been on display around the local area. Their first stop was in downtown Cuyahoga Falls, then at the Akron Art Museum and now currently at the Summit County Library. Future locations are being planned with the desire to bring the small birds back to the downtown Hudson greens for their final stop. The Birdsong project has also expanded globally and small, painted, 2D, ...
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