Onwards & Upwards....

As always, a couple of very busy weeks.

On Thursday the 14th, we submitted our largest bid to date for a green roof - nearly one and a half million dollars. The new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) building in La Jolla has a 27,000 sq ft green roof of varying depths and plant patterns designed by Jeffery Bruce and Associates of Kansas City. Jeff is the current president of the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities organization. Keep your fingers crossed!

Last week we participated in the Balboa Park Sustainability workshop and set up a booth at the lunchtime trade fair. Lisa Michaels, our new "star" salesperson joined me and did an outstanding job doing the trade show dance. We saw many old friends in attendance and even made a few new ones.

Yesterday I spoke at Cuyamaca College's faculty enrichment program with an emphasis on sustainability. I was able to condense into 15 minutes what normally takes me 3 hours to present. I believe we will be working with the college in developing a plan for a green roof in the Water Conservation Garden.

When I returned from the Cuyamaca program, I met with representatives from Point Loma Nazarene College and gave them a tour of our green roof and living wall systems demonstration, while it rained profusely. That was a first - I've never been on top of our green roof in a rain storm. I doubt I would do it again but they were here to see what is possible as we put together plans for a green roof on campus. They have a horticultural department that we will incorporate to grow the native plants we will be installing later this year in the fall.

And to wrap up our day, Pari Sanati nearly single handedly submitted a major bid for the green roof on the new Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. Designed by RoofScapes Inc., we have a very good chance of winning this project and it will be our first working with the Roofscapes crew. We are even planning on bringing in Greg Raymond from EcoGardens in Chicago. He is a member of the network and has extensive experience with large green roof projects.