beginning the core

We are in the first stages of building the core...so far we're fairly on schedule. We have Mark and Scott (Americorps) helping us 3 days a week, and the other days we spend planning each construction day, having meetings, and other miscellaneous things. We're keeping our fingers crossed to have the engineers signed off this week. Having the volunteers help us only 3 days a week has turned out to be helpful.



The warehouse space is really amazing - it has some sculptural elements and great graffiti, making for an interesting environment to build our core. There is a crew of people in there who make biodiesel (New Orleans Biofuel Initiative: http://www.nobifuel.com/) - the whole character of the place is based upon environmental consciousness. With our recent decision to include solar panels on Earl's house (thanks to NOLA SOLAR), we're fitting right in. I've included some photos of the warehouse space and the core progress below. For a more formal report, as always, visit the website.