Our busiest day is now behind us. Christina (our lovely chef-caterer-coordinator) cooked a wonderful meal at her apartment in the Quarter for about 35 of us last night. Curt got on his soap box and started a delightful round of toasting that seemed to leave everyone present touched, moved and inspired – just in time to go out drankin’ for St. P’s Day.
We had a slight snafu with the RePlant New Orleans group, as communication broke down between the several project leaders and local groups involved in trying to make this happen. 5200 Dauphine opens up to our volunteers today, and the house-scraping crews finally get to start on painting and siding repairs. Sarah Meyers has returned at our repeated requests (and combined sponsorship) and will be in charge of the 5200 project site after noon today! There is a lot of excitement about what this project has meant to students, residents, and community leaders alike – I think we are well prepared to do this again next year with a larger steering committee and an event to build on.
by Jeremy Knoll
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