December 9, 2011 News
Trinity Eco Prayer Park
December 9, 2011
LOCAL MEDIA REPORT PARK PLANS
The press conference held on Wed., Nov. 30 resulted in good exposure
about the plans to build Trinity Eco Prayer Park. KOTA, KEVN and the
Rapid City Journal ran stories informing the public about the coming
transformation of the land at 4th and St. Joseph streets.
In Sunday’s paper the Journal printed one of the online reactions to
the article about the park: “What a welcome addition to Rapid City
Downtown district. I am proud to be a part of this forward thinking
community.” On Monday the Journal Opinion page’s round-up of “Good,
Bad & Ugly” featured this headline: “Prayer Park good addition to
city.”
If you missed the stories there are available online at the links
listed below. You may need to copy and paste the links if they don’t
work just by clicking on them.
HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT TRINITY ECO PRAYER PARK BY SHARING THESE
STORIES WITH OTHERS. Encourage others to send a note to this email to
request future email updates.
Rapid City Journal (be sure to check out all seven of the images which
include the architect’s drawings)
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/prayer-park-to-transform-downtown-lot/article_7f595cf6-1bd0-11e1-8f70-001cc4c002e0.html
KEVN
http://www.blackhillsfox.com/2011/11/30/Church-plans-eco-prayer-park
KOTA
http://www.kotatv.com/story/16159875/rapid-city-chuch-unvails-plans-for-new-park-downtown
PARK PRESENTATIONS SCHEDULE
Upcoming opportunities to learn more about Trinity Eco Prayer Park:
12/13 – Video slide presentation at the December council meeting
12/14 – Video slide presentation at the Advent study following the
meal
Please encourage others to learn more about the park by attending one
of these presentations. (You could even offer to go with them.) If you
have ideas for other groups or audiences that might be interested in
learning about Trinity Eco Prayer Park contact Ken Steinken or Nancy
Whitcher or send suggestions to this email.
We are also willing to meet with individuals who may be interested in
making a donation to the park project.
PARK BROCHURE DESIGN UNDERWAY
A volunteer gifted in graphic design has completed the first draft of
a park brochure that tells the story of Trinity Eco Prayer Park. It
also lists many ways that people can get involved in getting the park
built.
DESIGN FOR PARK AVAILABLE ONLINE
If you want to study the park design in detail or share it with
someone, you can find the architect’s drawings at two different
Internet locations.
Trinity Lutheran Church website:
Type “go.to/TrinityLutheran” in your browser address line. Click on
“Announcements”. Click on “View Plans of Eco Prayer Park”. Click on
“Plans”.
Rapid City Journal website:
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/prayer-park-to-transform-downtown-lot/article_7f595cf6-1bd0-11e1-8f70-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=image&photo=4
PARK WORK GROUP HOLDS FIRST MEETING
Nine people gathered for the first park work group meeting on Monday,
Nov. 28. The group looked at dividing the work into four areas –
Grants and Fundraising, Volunteer Coordination, Groundskeeping,
Communications. Those present brainstormed ideas for groups to make
presentations to and possible community organizations that might be
interested in getting involved with construction of the project. The
group also organized help for the press conference.
The next meeting has not been scheduled. If you would like to be part
of the work group, let us know by sending an email to
TrinityEco...@gmail.com.
SPECIFIC VOLUNTEER NEEDS:
- A grant writer or assistant grant writer to locate grants and put
together the necessary materials to submit the grant applications
- A webmaster to set up and help maintain a Trinity Eco Prayer Park
website
- A person to set up and maintain a system (spreadsheet) to keep track
of volunteers and the tasks they are interested in helping with
Thanks for your interest. Contact Ken Steinken or Nancy Whitcher with
any questions you have about Trinity Eco Prayer Park. You can also
contact us by replying to this email or calling 605-342-9302.
READ BACK ISSUES
You can go to http://groups.google.com/group/trinityecoprayerpark-update
if you want to read past updates that you may have missed before
joining the group.