A once in a lifetime opportunity

There it is in all its glory, the beautiful, new, immaculate, permanent, gentrified Duke Park traffic circle. Conveniently located at the center of all things Durham, at the intersection of Glendale and Markham Avenues. Home to spontaneous displays of public art, visual, auditory, and unclassifiable. Just waiting for a couple of things.

Like, for someone in the city to confirm that they're really and truly done with it, and that final landscaping is up to the neighborhood association. Because we really do have some great ideas for that thing.

But it's also waiting for a name.

That's right. And here's where you, and your opportunity, come in.

The publisher of this blog, and the membership of the Glendale/Markham Cultural Coalition (Building Community One Cocktail at a Time™) are offering you the opportunity to put your name on this traffic circle.

Here's the deal. In return for a generous donation to a non-profit of our choice, this blog and the membership of the GMCC will agree to refer to the Traffic Circle as YOUR Traffic Circle, every time we mention it in print, on the web, or in conversation, for the next two years. Every press release, every blog post, every time we give directions to someone coming from Chapel Hill, we will be putting your name out there for the Triangle community (and indeed the world at large) to marvel at. We will also agree to use our considerable clout to encourage other media and government organizations to refer to the Traffic Circle as YOUR Traffic Circle.

Come on, Blazer, i know you want to do it. Just think. The Bullsh@t Traffic Circle at Markham and Glendale. Home of the Triangle's best performance art. You know you want to do it. Or how about you folks at the N&O? Don't you think that the Bull's Eye Blog Traffic Circle will help to drive, well, traffic to your site? Or maybe Mike Pressler wants to donate some of the profits from all those copies of his book that he'll be selling at the Regulator tonight in exchange for the opportunity to be remembered for at least the next two years? We could call it the Strippers and Underage Drinking Are OK In My Book Traffic Circle, just for you, Mike. Or something else, if you prefer. All it's going to take is a contribution slightly more generous than anyone else.

Interested?

Drop me a line at DependableErection AT gmail DOT com, and we'll talk.