Meeting 3300 –Sunday, September 16, 2007
There has been a flurry of activity at the Site Office since the 4th reading by the City on September 4th. People are taking another look at the Site, asking questions and wanting to have a look around. Remember there are just 4 bungalows, 6 triplex units and 12 duplex units left. If you know of a member who wanted a Life Lease housing unit, now is the time to make a move. There will be another pick in mid October, so start planning.
The T-shirts with the Grandview Heights logo are in!!! -- as you can see. A few of us were able to get ours, hot off the press, on Friday and yesterday. For those of you who ordered yours beforehand, see Ann Chursinoff at the back desk. They are $15 each and have been set aside for you. For the rest of you, we have an assortment of sizes, so take your pick. We are very happy with them – good quality and Jesse and Mark at Biznet have done a nice job with the silk screening.
We would like to see a ‘sea’ of people wearing these T-shirts at the upcoming September 22 meeting at the Brilliant Cultural Centre, which will be a BIG promotional event for our Care Centre. The Care Centre is, in reality, the main focus of the Grandview Heights project. It is the principle reason the whole Kootenay Columbia Seniors Housing Cooperative was set up and organized. And the principle reason, I am sure, that you, as members, have joined the project. We need, not only the support of our members but the support of the rest of the community and the various levels of government for this undertaking.
One of the ways of doing this, is by letting people know about our project and what we are doing. Buy a T-shirt and help support the Cause.
On Friday, the 14th, Shaw Cable videotaped an interview with Fred Houghton on the project site with MarWest machinery operating in the background. This can be seen on Channel 10. This interview was to set the groundwork for the Care Centre meeting at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on the 22nd of this month. As mentioned, we would like to see as many of our members at this meeting that can make it. See if you can interest another senior in coming along. The more input we get, the better.
There are some afternoon / evenings that require someone’s presence at the Site Office next month. We are passing around a schedule for October so you can see which spaces need filling. Please take a turn up there. It is a great experience.
Check the photo gallery on the website for new photos next week. I’ve been in the Okanagan for 10 days, so Harry has taken some pictures that aren’t on the web yet, and we have a few pictures of the Pick # 8, from yesterday morning, plus shots of the new work: deep trenches, and pipes being laid. We’re so fortunate to have such a skilled crew, MarWest working for us.