Almost forgot to take the garden soup pic... |
Folks are asked to bring their own bowl (smart move: no dishwashing for the folks at the Root Note), make a donation of at least $5 for their bowl of soup, a piece of bread and a cookie and listen to four pitches of possible community projects.
The rules are after each 4-minute pitch, 4 questions could be raised and answered and then everybody voted on their favorite project of the 4 ideas. The pitch with the highest number of votes wins the total cash collected from both the soup and beer sales and extra donations/ matching challenges. In fact, one of the sponsors asked how many had ridden their bikes to the event and for every cyclist, a dollar was donated. Very cool indeed, encouraging cycling to the downtown event. 42 folks had ridden their bikes this evening so an extra $42 was added to the kitty.
I'm still trying to figure out the significance of the number 4. Perhaps someone will give me some insight and I can enlighten all of us. But, ok 4 is the magic number and easy to remember.
The presenters stood on one of the building's fire escape platforms, microphone in hand to present their pitches.
Michelle |
Mario |
Andre |
Andre's Third pitch was for the "Reduction of Pet Adoption Fees" at the Humane Society to allow more pets to have homes outside the facility. He spoke of his adopted pets and the exorbitant cost associated with pet adoption.
Corrie and Dane |
And the winner of the $1600 plus dollars went to... Can you guess?
There are only four possibilities.
For which one would you have voted? I'll add the answer after you have had a chance to vote.
I can't wait for August's proposals and to see which one takes home the starter money. What a terrific community project and gathering!
* The Root Note won the evening's votes to convert their alley space to a Beer garden. A nice thank you for small business owners who give so graciously to our community.
I have been wanting to go since I heard about it but each time I've been tied up. I hope it works in August. What A great idea for community building.
ReplyDeleteI have been before - and was bummed that I had to miss last night. I'll vote for the Root Note?
ReplyDeleteMy buddy who accompanied me last night said the choices were to pick "children," "persons with disabilities," "animals" or "beer." Though favorably I guess you could call the Root Note option to expand, "community." :-)
ReplyDeleteAll great ideas. I love the process. I vote for Michelle because most people would not think about this group. If an idea does not win can they present it again another time?
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