We need this planning grant so we can do the research we need to do to prepare a thorough application for permits we need to build this new facility. The grant will help us develop our plans to the point where we can answer the community's questions.

The fact that it came up during strategic planning, we decided to research it further.

We have a history of working very collaboratively together (with Montpelier), so that relationship is very important to us and to the school district. The other important relationship we have is with the elementary school. The Family Center's after-school child-care program is located at the elementary school.

We're very much in need of a more safe and healthy building.

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.

We were planning a big celebration over at the Hyatt (Regency in Monterey) and I thought what a nice way to celebrate it.