In case my previous entry did not emphasize just how much is going on at the newly renovated Ivywild School these days, here is a review of authors James Fennell and Lola Scobey's new book titled
Build Ivywild. Thank you to Laura Ettinger of
Moxie Girl PR for the review!
And make sure to check out
Ivywild's Grand Opening celebration this weekend!
Build Ivywild
Can mingling different
businesses bring greater prosperity? Can neighborhood buildings and spaces
produce happiness? Can the sun and wind actually improve a person’s well-being?
Build Ivywild answers these and
similar questions in words and sketches that are designed for everyone – from
entrepreneurs and small business owners to government officials to students to
neighborhood advocates.
In this real-life story of
awakening an old school, Build Ivywild
offers a blueprint for environmental, business, and cultural sustainability. It
provides solutions for maintaining social and cultural well-being while
achieving economic prosperity and creating healthy environments.
“Build
Ivywild provides an in-depth chronology of the design, approval, and
funding process for repurposing the old Ivywild School, but it accomplishes
much more. It sets a new standard for organizing businesses, designing
buildings, and creating community. It champions a new culture. . . Ivywild
changes everything!”
—Jamie LaRue, Director
Douglas County Libraries, Colorado
Written by
James Fennell and Lola Scobey, Build Ivywild is for entrepreneurs,
design students, neighborhood advocates – anyone who is seeking highly efficient,
profitable, and compassionate ways of conducting business, building things, and
living one’s life. The principal theme of this book urges us to move beyond
simply identifying problems and offering criticism: It delineates practical,
achievable solutions for being healthy, wealthy, and wise.
In the journey to repurpose a brick-and-mortar school into a model
neighborhood redevelopment, the anchor tenant just so happens to be a
successful brewery (designed to use leftover rinse water and spent grain to
irrigate and fertilize a greenhouse)! Using a three-part design approach that
balances environmental, functional, and cultural concerns, Build Ivywild
offers a blueprint for true sustainability. It proposes to revitalize and
inspire our communities – and our nation – one neighborhood at a time.
