[Oe List ...] ICA GreenRise Uptown Building

[Randy Williams]

Sunny, I too appreciate all the good stewardship of the building that has gone on since 1972. However, what's going on there now is way beyond certainly what I, and I suspect many others, ever imagined. 
Randy

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On Mar 9, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Sunny Walker <sunwalker at comcast.net> wrote:

> What a long and arduous journey from the eighty's and the reading of Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin. Back when in-kinded styrofoam meant coffee for a group without dish duty.
> 
> I'd like to add the nearly 100 Chicago "gangsta" & African & Iraqi refugee youth who, in the summer of 2009, complained all the way to a butterfly garden in the parking lot, went office to office in Kemper & around Uptown doing a "how green are you?" survey. They suffered further punishment having to re-sort garbage from compost from recycling when they unconsciously tossed the remains of breakfast or lunch into one bin-though I imagine the categories stuck. (As an aside, many also wrote better ORID conversations than some of the adults I've trained.)
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> Kudos to all who, over the years & of late, have maintained "the building" as a sign of HOPE.
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> Terry Bergdall <bergdall2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>    On Wednesday, Lesley Showers, ICA-USA's Facilities Manager, and I attended an event where the Mayor marked the expansion of the City's Chicago Retrofit Commercial Building Initiative. The "ICA GreenRise Uptown Building" -- which some of you remember it as "Kemper" -- received official recognition (see link below). A full page ad in Chicago newspapers showcases GreenRise with the other buildings (see attached).  http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2013/march_2013/mayor_emanuel_announcesretrofitchicagocommercialbuildingsinitiat.html
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>>    The significance of this multifold. First, it opens the door for pro bono assistance organized by the City to support our efforts to build a green culture at 4750. This includes the creation of a major monitoring system for the upcoming solar project on our roof. They understand GreenRise to be a pilot for other nonprofits. Second, this occurred largely because of the reinforcing strategies of our city-wide neighborhood work with "Accelerate 77" and our leadership development program with universities. As I think many of you know, over 220 students were involved last year in the doing the crucial field work for A77. (If this is news to anyone, let me know I'll elaborate.)
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>>    The synergy of GreenRise, Accelerate 77, and university partnerships advance our strategy of becoming a high profile, reputable, nonprofit player in our hometown of Chicago. This is crucial for building a durable institutional home so that national and international programs of transformative change can continue far into the future. Nothing less, of course, is worthy of our history.
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>>    Take care, Terry
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