That's great Terry, et al! Congratulations! Well done and thanks for sharing. Ellie -----Original Message----- From: Terry Bergdall <bergdall2@gmail.com> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@wedgeblade.net>; Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@wedgeblade.net> Sent: Sun, May 19, 2013 9:03 pm Subject: [Oe List ...] GreenRise successes at 4750 Last week, Iinvited folks to go online and vote for the rooftop garden project coordinatedby a young 21-year old member of the GreenRise Intentional Residential Community at 4750, JosephTaylor. I am delighted to announcethat, with your help, this project won the Ford Community Green Grant today at the Chicago GreenFestival, A Project of Green America and Global Exchange. There are similarFestivals 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 _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net