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Project Name: Timeline Trail Location: Main Street sidewalks Type of Project: Sequence of independent, small artworks evoking local history Summary Description: Downtown Pleasanton is fortunate to retain many visible vestiges of its past: historic architectural styles, decorative ornament, vintage signs, mature trees and adaptively used landmarks. Less visible historic milestones and events along the street played an equally important role in the community's development, such as venerable, long-standing businesses that have recently closed; founding community members' accomplishments; 19th and early 20th century parades, celebrations and marches; ghost stories; humorous anecdotes; agricultural traditions; and legendary tales and mysteries passed down through generations. This series of small commisions is a way to evoke and stimulate interest in community history creatively, replacing the common convention of somber historical plaques that explain an important date, personage or event. Artists, writers and poets will collaborate with local historians to develop topics and create sculptural clues, allegorical objects and interpretive icons. These will be subtly placed in sidewalks, embedded in building facades and attached to street furnishings, forming a linear timeline. Some artworks should be tactile in nature, scaled and placed at a low height so as to be discovered by small children as an entertaining treasure hunt or familiar touchstone. The timeline trail can be the basis of aself-guided downtown walking tour, integrated with current architectural history tours. Audiences: Residents, tourists, history buffs, school groups, long time residents, new arrivals, families Budget: Initial phase: Convene visual and literary artists and historians to decide on initial primary themes, chronologies and topics. $250 honorarium per participant. Initial commissions (per commission): $2,500 design fee. $5,000 fabrication budget. $1,500 installation budget. Timeframe for Construction: variable Site requirements/constraints: Some topics may be site-specific, such as the former location of the Kolln hardware store. Other topics, such as historic local parades, could be located anywhere along the route. Permission to locate the artworks on private property may require apartnership/co-sponsored funding agreement, so as not to constitute a gift of public funds to the property owner. Potential Co-sponsors, Partners, Collaborators: A-nador-Livermore Historical Society, Pleasanton Downtown Association 33