Thursday, July 13, 2006

Small Kingdom for a Great Patron

Inspired by Kyle MacDonald's success - starting with one red paper clip and trading up to a house in 12 successive trades - I am looking to trade 8.623 acres of land for an arts endowment for SongSharing, a small non-profit I started several years ago. (Kyle's story is here: www.oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com )

The land is about 12 minutes south of Charlottesville on Old Lynchburg Road, has division rights, and two very nice homesites. It has been "perced" for one residence (and will likely handle two, although the prior owners did not ask the engineer to evaluate the land for two homes). The homesite at the top of the land has stunning south-easterly views over the mountain ridges - looking towards Monticello...

My goal is to trade up to a 7-year endowment for SongSharing of $250,000 annually. SongSharing needs financial support as well as experienced non-profit guidance, an area in which I am limited. I have been doing this personally since 1994, and incorporated SongSharing as a 501c3 two years ago. While I have gotten wonderful support from a number of small businesses like Mona Lisa Pasta, Cole's Import Specialists, Charlottesville Press, and C'ville Market, I have limited experience finding major donors, so I am taking a renewed shot at gathering attention, assistance and funding for the organization. You can visit http://www.songsharing.org/ for more info, and http://www.graspingatlaws.net/ for more info about me and to hear some of the music that SongSharing is responsible for producing.

The CraigsList posting is here: http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/bar/181494260.html

Dance in the moment,

Greg

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