[Oe List ...] Votes DO Count! GreenRise successes at 4750

[RICHARD HOWIE]

Cudos to one and all for these monumental successes!
May you all walk in beauty on the roof,
Ellen & Dick
On May 19, 2013, at 11:10 PM, Norm and Judy Lindblad wrote:

> Congratulations one and all!  We had lunch with long time colleague  
> Ann Antenen yesterday and she was asking whether there was a  
> rooftop garden yet.  She will be delighted with this news.
>
> Keep up the good work, Norm and Judy Lindblad
>
> On Sunday, May 19, 2013, Terry Bergdall wrote:
> 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.
>
> I am 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Terry Bergdall
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