[Cob] Horray WI cob!- Becky Bee cob bench

[Charmaine Taylor]

 Great going Marlin...it will be wonderful to imagine how many people on a weekly basis who will be influenced!!   Just seeing such a creation will help plant the seed.

Local shoppers and Citizens will spread the word, and drive-by  visitors will rubberneck, and hopefully get out  of the car, sit on the benches, smell the bread baking, and support the  grocery co-op  vs   buying at bigfoodcorp stores!!!

( did you mean there is a Portland in WI? or Portland OR?

as a note...I love the cob bench  designed by Becky Bee in Eugene OR at the Lost Valley  Education center..it has small broken blue tiles shaped like handprints embedded in the cob..so pretty, and adds a human 'touch' in many ways.

Speaking of Becky Bee...she will be our guest speaker on K-MUD radio on Feb 18th 10-12 on  our Women Building program

you can call in and ask questions of her ( local # 707/923-3911 )

OR EMAIL ME now  at books at dirtcheapbuilder.com  with specific con questions to ask Becky!!!

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Marlin wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Here in Madison, WI we have secured the go ahead to create a large educational Cob project at a local Co-op grocery (thanks goes to the People's Coop & Natural Building Colloquium in Portland for groundbreaking).
>
> We are finalizing the design with them as we speak, but appears to be Cob courtyard walls with possible benches and bread oven. To our knowledge it will be the first major earthen building project in the city of Madison. (See www.outtathebox.org - click on New Event and view the proposal document - final project will be similar!)
>
> Anyone interested in the upper midwest (or travel from who knows where too :) is invited to attend this Spring/Summer 04 education and exhibition, for free. Local advertising will be through the Willy St. Grocery Coop, local newspapers and EarthDay celebrations as well as internet sources. Contact info at outtathebox.org with questions.
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> Feel free to pass along info as it's posted to these listservs. Hooray for the Great Lakes!
>
> Marlin Nissen