Okay, so by now most of you know that we are not in fact opening the Summa Academy this fall. Yes, that's right the building fell through, again. Why it has been so hard for us to find a building is something I am still struggling with. It just makes no sense to me, this is a city for crying out loud, isn't there one small building that is just right for us. Hell, at this point I would settle for mostly good. Alas, it is not here now, so we keep looking.
In the meantime, I have decided it is time to take an interim step, one that will get us a little closer to the ultimate goal of opening the Institute. We have an office, which is part of a wonderful space called the Warehouse (a project of Portland Green Parenting). Here we have a 300SF space that has room for small meetings, a play corner for my girls (now 5 & 2!) and a desk (with an enormous printer that my husband got donated) for me to "work" at. It is wonderful. I can come in with the girls and work while they play and there are so many great people who come through. The Warehouse houses a cafe, a community room (where we are holding parenting courses), Daisies and Dinos a children's resale shop, and Know Thy Food a bulk food buying coop. If you are ever in the hood, stop by, I am not holding regular business hours at the moment, but you might catch us on Tuesday afternoons. It feels great to have a space and I look forward to whatever comes next!
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