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- Jonathan Photo Contest 2012
This is a contest for ALL ages and anyone who enjoys taking pictures! Requirements are as follows:
- Must be a Jonathan resident
- Pictures within and of the Jonathan neighborhoods, parks, or trails ONLY
- 1 entry per household : write name, phone, and location of picture on back of picture
- Mail 4x6 or 5x7 print to the Karen House at 111000 Bavaria Rd.
- Entry deadline—postmarked by Sunday, September 2nd
- for the FALL issue
- Judging quarterly—winning picture submitted in next issue of the Newsletter
- Judging panel will be Nancy Teske, Gassen onsite Property Manager & Jonathan BOD
PRIZES:
$25 VISA Gift Card per Quarter and another VISA Gift Card for the GRAND PRIZE
winner chosen from the quarterly winners. 2012 Grand Prize winner will be announced in the
WINTER issueHave fun snapping pictures!
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Jonathan in Chaska is a community of about 8,000 people nestled among 2,200 acres of woods, lakes and rolling farmland. Chaska is a historic Minnesota River community of over 24,000 residents. The community borders on Hazeltine National Golf Course, Chaska Town Course, Jonathan Elementary School, Clover Ridge Elementary School, Chaska Commons and the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. These amenities coupled with a strong sense of community, founding principles that strive for ecological awareness and to build neighborhoods in harmony with the landscape make Jonathan a special part of the best small town in Minnesota.
THE KAREN HOUSE
The Jonathan Association
111000 Bavaria Rd.
Chaska, Minnesota 55318
Phone: 952.448.4700
Fax: 952.448.3487
email
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- December 12, 2011 The Arts Consortium of Carver County Expresses Interest in Eitel House
Jonathan Association Board of Directors:
The Arts Consortium of Carver County would like to take this opportunity to formally express interest in acquiring the Eitel House in carrying out its mission “… to support and serve as a viable resource and advocate for artists and the arts in the communities of Carver County.”
The Arts Consortium, the ACCC, has been in existence for approximately 2 ½ years. “To consort” means “to keep company!” Our Vision: Community is strengthened through the arts. A stronger arts presence is possible through better coordination of resources, opportunities, promotion, expertise, and fundraising. Business, government, education, individual, civic and community-based organizations all have a stake in the success of a strong art program. The ACCC is designed to bring together these entities.
Currently, we are bringing the arts to the community through our website, www.artsofcarvercounty.org. Our long-term goal is to have “a shingle” in each community in the County. The Eitel House would be ideal for our first site! It resides in Chaska, the County Seat, and in Jonathan, coined “the New Town” over 30 years ago, which from the beginning recognized the importance of arts in the community. Founder, Henry McKnight understood that “livability” required a role for the arts. The Eitel House would be an ACCC “gathering space”, and among other things, it could be utilized for art classes, studio and gallery space.
Being a young organization, the ACCC’s acquisition of the Eitel House would be contingent upon our receiving grant dollars. Through MRAC, the Metropolitan Regional Art Council, grants are available for “art in the community.” At the federal level, grants are also available from three different agencies: the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Education Association. They each have standards of “livability” and the arts are part of that definition! The ACCC has recently appointed a veteran grant writer to the Board. Through grants, the ACCC will pursue funding to make the Eitel House our home – bringing the arts to the Jonathan community by becoming an arts destination for artists and art enthusiasts across the entire County.
We are looking forward to your thoughts on this matter.
ACCC Board of Directors
