Children's Nest Egg: 8/10/08

Thursday, August 14, 2008

August 8th-10th: Boardwalk

Swainhart Construction Services, LLC completed

fabrication of the boardwalk portion of the project.

The city brought their forklift to lower the 742-pound concrete "Earth Egg" onto its post. It came down centered on the second try so that the 2 inch wide sleeve inside the sphere slipped over the metal post. The post doesn't support the weight of the egg. It is just to keep it from rolling away...

Gratitudes

Thank you to the funders for this project: The Arts & Culture Grant Program, a collaborative program between the City of St. Louis Park, the Friends of the Arts, and the St. Louis Park Community Foundation.

Thank you to Westwood Hills Nature Center, especially Mark Oestreich, its Manager for providing a location for this project and assisting in its planning.

Thank you to the helpful staff at the City of St. Louis Park, especially Marcia Honold, Lisa Songle, Ann Boettcher, John Tilton, Rick Beane, Reg Dunlap, Jamie Zwilling. Thank you also to the Sentence to Serve Crew that helped prepare the branches.

Thank you to guest speakers. Author, Daniel J. Philippon, from the U of MN spoke at the Legacy Leaving Event and Gail Buhl of the U of MN Raptor Center spoke at the Nest Raising Event.

Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 10297 who adopted Children's Nest Egg as a service project, and did the bulk of the nest-raising and contributed writings to the project. It was an honor to be part of your Bronze Award work and event.

Thank you to all the contributors to the Community Writings incorporated into the project and events for sharing your vision.

Fall 2010 Update: Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 12279 who re-raised the nest as part of its renewal cycle.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

August 8th-10th: Boardwalk

August 6th. Egg Drop

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