Community investment partnerships

Hey everybody,

Really enjoyed meeting with everyone this morning. I got a little bit of reserach done and the most incredible resource turned up. A friend of mine heads up the local YMCA, and he would like to come talk to us about ways to make the process of getting our community gardens up and running.

Chris Pealer is a long-time social activist with lots of connections in elementary and secondary schools in the area. He also has experience working with our Monroe-West Monroe beaurocratic system. Hopefully, he be able to help us get out project on line more efficiently, since he knows his way around Monroe's services, parks and rec dept, administration, liability insurance, and other stuff we haven't even thought of yet.

He's also an accomplished fund-raiser and is willing to loan us his staff. How cool is that. Let me know what you think!

Veronica