Join the team to rebuild the Exchange from its ashes — come to the Redesign meetings, starting on Sunday, June 2. Also, The Exchange Phoenix Fund has been established at the Community Foundation to rebuild The Exchange with increased capacity to better serve our community. (More information below). (Artwork by Lynne McCowan in Ellensburg, WA).

 

All Orcas Islanders are invited and encouraged to attend Workshops for Community Design of the New Building(s) to House The Exchange, beginning Sunday June 2 from 1-5 pm at The Eastsound Fire Hall. The purpose of the sessions is for participating citizens to propose, discuss, analyze and reach a consensus on a design, the first step in rebuilding The Exchange. Fred Klein will facilitate the sessions, and present the results to the Board of Orcas Recycling Services in June.

Fred Klein

Fred Klein

There are four sessions scheduled at the Orcas Island Fire Hall, with the first being mandatory:

  • Sunday, June 2, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm
  • Tuesday, June 4, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm
  • Friday, June 7, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm
  • Sunday, June 9, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm

Klein wrote earlier that a similar community design process for the Stage on the Village Green “included teachers, artists, a storyteller, a dancer, and local activists…so don’t think for a moment that you need to be a carpenter, designer, or a builder to be a part of this. All hands (and hearts) willing to engage in a group process are most welcome.”

Full information about the workshops is available at the Exchange/Orcas Recycling Services website, www.exchangeonorcas.org. Pre-registration is requested.To preregister, or for further information, call Michael Greenberg at 376-4118, or email xmichael.greenbergx@gmail.com

The Orcas Island Community Foundation has opened Exchange Phoenix Fund to support the rebuilding of the Exchange on Orcas, ” in the firm belief that a new form will rise from the ashes with increased capacity to better serve our community. As of May 30, 2013, the Exchange Phoenix Fund has $6,208.07.

To contribute to this effort, donate on line at  www.oicf.us, or mail a check to OICF, PO Box 1496, Eastsound, WA, 98245.  Please make checks payable to OICF with the Exchange listed in the memo field. Contact the Community Foundation, 376-6423, with questions.

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