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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

3rd Meeting Notes/ Updates



URBAN PARADISE
community project 2008
Long Beach, CA

Minutes from meeting #3, August 31, 2008 at 3pm + Updates
Present: Rachel Bennish, Elliot Gonzalez, Shelby Sanchez, Steven, Alley
Small Picture: Outreach and bring in more volunteers, create a flyer for outreach, work on a portfolio we can present to the city, work on booth for 2nd Saturday art walk, collect plants and cuttings for plot, finish plot in less than 5 months.
Big Picture: Get permission from the city to re-open the rooftop gardens as a public native plant, music and art sanctuary by and for the community of Long Beach.

Updates:
-We have the ok to put a booth up at the art walk September 13th for $5
-We are officially a part of Long Beach Organic so we are a non profit organization and we can receive financial donations and make money as well for the project.
-library budget meeting 9/3:
http://www.presstelegram.com/search/ci_10367372?IADID=Search-www.presstelegram.com-www.presstelegram.com
-save the Main Library!
savelbpl.blogspot.com

Ideas and Notes:
Set up informational placards next to each herb and plant (put in proposal)
-Collect bottles and things to put plants in.
-We were in the downtown grunion gazette on September 1st!! (front page)

To do list: Volunteer sign up sheet, announcements for The District and The Grunion Gazette to bring in more volunteers, work on a portfolio for the city!! SPREAD THE WORD!!

Layout meeting Thursday 10am!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Feel free to spread the word via LBweeky.com and EVfriends.com

Mr. Richrd Love publishes the Long Beach Times from downtown, too. His offices are right there in the midst of the 2nd Saturday Artwalk on Linden Avenue.