We feel like we really accomplished something. We helped usher in a higher awareness of the arts in Lee County.

Finding someone crazy enough to let us invade their house was always difficult.

We've run out of a little bit of energy after 10 years. To most it's not a sad thing. We're proud of what we did. We introduced a great number of individual artists to the community and vice versa.

This is something I have been looking forward to for a long time. It's something I want to bring awareness to. Maybe [people] will see that and want to contribute to fallen soldiers' families and their children. This is a small thing I can do as an American.

Mark will give us a physical presence on the interior. He has good court awareness, make good decisions and has an unselfish approach that will help will make him a good fit in our program.

We wanted to create an awareness that African Americans have been in McLean County for a long time and have very much contributed to the well being of the community through their work and their involvement in the political, social and economic structure of this community.