Geneva Third Street Plaza has New Name
June 16, 2009 by Don Martens
Filed under Community Events, Government
| July 25, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 11:00 am |
At the Monday night June 15th Geneva City Council meeting, Mayor Kevin Burns announced the winning name in the “Name the Plaza” city-wide contest. Mayor Burns said there had been about 50 entries. The winning entry selected was “Joshel Plaza”.
The name submitted acknowledges Robert Joshel a long time Third Street businessman and public servant in Geneva. Robert Joshel, ran Mid Valley Lumber at the site until the early 1990s. Joshel was a relative of former Geneva Mayor A. Joshel, city officials said.
Also at the dedication will be Geneva’s city attorney, William Radovich, who suggested the Joshel name. His suggestion won the contest the city was having, and was chosen as the winner by Mayor Kevin Burns, with help from aldermen Dawn Vogelsberg, 3rd Ward, and Robert Piper, 2nd Ward.
In addition to Shodeen, Inc., dedicating the plaza land to the city, it also donated the sculpture “Rain Man” by Miles Metzger. The company Aquascape will install the sculpture in the plaza.
The plaza located at Third and Crescent Streets will be officially dedicated as Joshel Plaza on Saturday July 25 at 10:00am and will coincide with The Geneva Arts Fair to be held July 25-26.
