<div dir="ltr">Congratulations to Joseph Taylor and every one else.<div>Mary</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Terry Bergdall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bergdall2@gmail.com" target="_blank">bergdall2@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Last week, I
invited folks to go online and vote for the rooftop garden project coordinated
by a young 21-year old member of the GreenRise Intentional Residential Community at 4750, Joseph
Taylor. </span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt">

<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I am </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial">delighted to announce
that, with your help, this project won the Ford Community Green Grant today at the Chicago Green
Festival, A Project of Green America and Global Exchange. There are similar
Festivals happening in Los Angeles (Oct 19-20), San Francisco (Nov 9-10),
Washington, DC (Sept 21-22), and New York (April 19-21). The prize was for
$5,000. If my attachment is successfully transmitted, you can see a photo from the awards ceremony.
Joseph is the tall one in the middle surrounded by supporters.</span></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial">On a related note, we also received notice last week that the GreenRise Building "solar project" has been awarded a $359,000 grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation to install renewable energy panels on our rooftop. The building at 4750 Sheridan is becoming a VERY high profile embodiment of "green culture" to complement our neighborhood sustainability work across the 77 community areas of Chicago.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial">Terry Bergdall</span></p>

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