Nightwave

Nightwave

Sunday, July 20, 2014

A Big Thanks -- to everyone

Before we launch all the information tomorrow, I want to thank everyone who has helped out with this project thus far.

Mayor Gonzales was the inspiration behind many of these ideas. His vision for uplifting Santa Fe's night life, having late-night food, and creating a late-night shuttle were the starting points for much of Night Wave. I'm excited to know that we have a Mayor who is ready to commit long-term to some of these solutions.

Councilor Wurzeberger and Kate Noble introduced and championed the resolution that led to the city's focus on night life. It created the funding for this project, and set precedent for city cooperation.

Creative Santa Fe has been a huge piece of support for me. Katelyn Peer knows the permitting system at the city, and has really helped me envision the best ways to move forward on Night Wave.

Megan Burns has been organizing all the food trucks and outdoor public performances. She has put together a 3 -night schedule of performances by 15 different artists.

Emily Montoya put in tons of time to help me design a few flyers for this event. The big flyer, which shows all 40 participating artists, is quite a hefty task and she nailed it.

Maggie Thornton from Mindshare has built the website for us. Such a great company, so easy to work with, and Maggie did a quick and fantastic job with the task.

Jo Dean from Lumenscapes enlightened what was possible downtown from a visual stand point. Excited to work with his company to make our night life zone look more night lifey.

Dave Mcpherson and Benji Geary will be producing a ton of amazing video projection that will tower over the downtown area.

Shannon Murphy at AHA has created a survey for the weekend so that Night Wave can gather some key data to turn back into the city.

Joe Ray Sandoval has been working with me side-by-side through this process. I'm so excited that Skylight Santa Fe will be a central part to this project.

Victor Romero, The Santa Fe V.I.P. -- Always an engine of great ideas and energy,

All of the venue owners and promoters - Johnny Pink, Johnny Broomdust, John Luna, Mejed Hamdouni, Nick Klonis, Dominick Gonzales, Charlie Parker, Max B.K., Paul Feathericci, Peter Chapman, Augustine Ortiz, Patrick Noble, Janet Davidson, and Isaiah Rodriguez - for being so easy to work with. Santa Fe's night life is in our hands -- thank you guys for stepping up with me on this.

The sponsors -- Five and Dime General Store, Furry's Buick-GMC, and The Jean Cocteau! Thank you!

The many city employees and officials who have been so welcoming to this idea: Barbara Lopez, Matt O'Riley, Georgia Urioste, Jon Bulthuis, Kate Noble, Ross Cheney, Jessica Sandoval, Albert Martinez, Sevastian Gurule, Councilor Lindell, Lieutenant Paulk, and many others along the way.
Thank you all!! <3

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Late-Night Shuttle in Santa Fe?

I gotta say, Jon Bulthuis and Annette Granillo at the City's Transit Division are fantastic to work with. I just got out of a thorough meeting about Night Wave discussing some transportation ideas.  The two of them were supportive and collaborative, and it looks like we will be able to test out some late-night transportation options.

During his campaign, Mayor Gonzales spoke about the possibility of a late-night, weekend shuttle route that would travel from downtown to both SFUAD and St. Johns's, in hopes of encouraging more students to participate in downtown nightlife.

Night Wave is going to take The Mayor's idea, and test run it.  We will have two late-night routes.  The first route will be an "inner loop" and service Agua Fria, Osage, St. Mikes, Baca St. and Second St. neighborhoods.  The second route will be a Park n Ride for the southside of Santa Fe stationed at Santa Fe Place.  Southside residents can park at the mall, and pick up a shuttle to downtown.

The proposed shuttles will run from 9pm-2am, with the final shuttles leaving downtown after the bars close. Sponsoring this piece of the proposal will be The Jean Cocteau, who's owner George RR Martin has been  advocating for such a shuttle as well.  

With The Mayor's initiative, GRRM & Economic Development's support, and Transit Division's collaboration, it looks like this shuttle idea will come to fruition for our Night Wave weekend (July 31st, August 1st, August 2nd)!!  Now it is OUR JOB to use this FREE service!  Stay tuned for map and times.  <3