<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Congratulations. We are all proud and impressed with the "green culture" sign that the Kemper building has become. Thanks to all who have worked hard to make this happen.<div>Priscilla Wilson</div><div><br><div><div>On May 19, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Terry Bergdall wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div 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></div><div 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></div><div 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></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></div><div 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></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">
<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial">Terry Bergdall</span></div>
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