June 23rd?! This month is flying by.
Last week was fun with picking up Bill Roberti. Too bad the wreck on 40 made our drive a little less than perfect...I felt bad. I had to jump four lanes of traffic almost getting us killed so we could exit 170 on Brentwood. Poor Jay. Haha. Almost gave him a heart attack. We made it to the SLLIS Gala in time though with him in one Brooks Brothers-ed piece. He was a very friendly man. He'd just come back from South Africa and the World Cup...no big deal.
Speaking of which: THE USA MOVES ON! They had me a little nervous at minute 90 with 0-0, but they came through.
1. I'm still trying to get work done with the GrandPA deconstruction. Peg graciously offered to contact Joe Adorjan (assuming this is the man that SLU's Laclede Building was renamed for) and ask him about his affiliation with Ranken Technical College. We're hoping that the school might take on the project of helping get GrandPA OUT, so we can get the garden IN. If it is not something they are interested in, I'm not sure where we will turn. I don't think it's something that we could do a "sledgehammer" for. The walls look to be 8-9 ft of cement brick... So again, I don't know.
I think that getting it out is going to be more difficult, than getting it in. I've found several grantmakers that have potential, and getting kids involved in the planting will be easy. Definitely starting to feel a more specific timeline....like this is not going to be finished until next spring/summer. Haha. My generation needs to learn patience. If we get this taken out by fall and get all of our funding in line by spring, I think that it would be the perfect time to plant the garden.
I hope that this will be more than a "planting" experience, and that the neighboring schools will be able to incorporate the garden into their curriculum. I know when I was in grade school that we had a little garden, where we'd have a couple classes a year and learn about plant biology. I hope this functions a little like that. I also hope we don't nix the location as a potential home for public art....I foresee a "Rabbit" sculpture there in the near future.
Last week was fun with picking up Bill Roberti. Too bad the wreck on 40 made our drive a little less than perfect...I felt bad. I had to jump four lanes of traffic almost getting us killed so we could exit 170 on Brentwood. Poor Jay. Haha. Almost gave him a heart attack. We made it to the SLLIS Gala in time though with him in one Brooks Brothers-ed piece. He was a very friendly man. He'd just come back from South Africa and the World Cup...no big deal.
Speaking of which: THE USA MOVES ON! They had me a little nervous at minute 90 with 0-0, but they came through.
1. I'm still trying to get work done with the GrandPA deconstruction. Peg graciously offered to contact Joe Adorjan (assuming this is the man that SLU's Laclede Building was renamed for) and ask him about his affiliation with Ranken Technical College. We're hoping that the school might take on the project of helping get GrandPA OUT, so we can get the garden IN. If it is not something they are interested in, I'm not sure where we will turn. I don't think it's something that we could do a "sledgehammer" for. The walls look to be 8-9 ft of cement brick... So again, I don't know.
I think that getting it out is going to be more difficult, than getting it in. I've found several grantmakers that have potential, and getting kids involved in the planting will be easy. Definitely starting to feel a more specific timeline....like this is not going to be finished until next spring/summer. Haha. My generation needs to learn patience. If we get this taken out by fall and get all of our funding in line by spring, I think that it would be the perfect time to plant the garden.
I hope that this will be more than a "planting" experience, and that the neighboring schools will be able to incorporate the garden into their curriculum. I know when I was in grade school that we had a little garden, where we'd have a couple classes a year and learn about plant biology. I hope this functions a little like that. I also hope we don't nix the location as a potential home for public art....I foresee a "Rabbit" sculpture there in the near future.
Below is a photo of GrandPA as it stands now:
2. On the other side of the office, in Artslyvania, I've been helping Rachel with Dancing in the Street. After I went through all the applications and entered them in a spreadsheet, we went through all the DVDs they submitted on Monday to see if they worked. Most did. Some did not.
We did this for our Tuesday luncheon panel. The panel consisted of Sally Bliss, Mary Strauss, Amy of COCA, Alicia, a dancer and soon-to-be instructor at Webster U, Michael, a former dancer & all-around-riot, Kelly Weber, Mrs. Rachel Kell, and I.
Rachel was on video. Kelly on last year's schedule of dance performances. I was holding onto all the applications so I could readily whip out information that was not listed on the lists they were holding for the panel. It was very interesting to sit in on the panel and hear feedback on all the groups in St. Louis metro area. Of the 35 groups or so that applied for our main Washington stage, the panel voted for about 25 of them to perform on Washington. Many will also perform on the Grandel stage.
I am looking forward to continuing helping with Dancing in the Street.
P.S. Looks like we are getting a SWEET dance act to come down from Chicago for the event. Won't spoil the surprise though.
3. My newest grant proposal assignment: The Dana Brown Charitable Trust
-Purpose: Fund Rabbit #3
-Background: They were the foundation responsible for the funding of "Earth Rabbit." They do not accept grants on consecutive fiscal years, but now we are cleared to apply once more.
-Progress: Pretty good. More writing than Bank of America, but I'm getting close to a first draft to give Jay and Peg. Yay! Probably will be able to give it to them on Friday.
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