Lots of stuff!
Trip Start
Unknown
1
3
Trip End
Ongoing
Loading Map
Map Options
Show trip route
Hide lines
Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Well, I'm back in the land of Chicago for a couple of days. I returned yesterday, and so much has happened!
The night before I left, as Morgan and I were walking back into the community after running some errands in San José, the father of three of the program's students told us that his cousin was selling his property for about $2,900 and asked whether we would want to take a look at it. We did, and it's a full-sized lot, which is rather large - large enough to incorporate both the Escuelita and the director's living space; the building on it, which takes up almost all of the property, is a ranchito (a temporary building made of sheet metal and plywood). It is, in fact, exactly what we want: since it's a temporary structure, it won't take much to tear it down when we actually have enough money to build a real building, and it doesn't make much sense to pay extra money for a structure that we won't ultimately want to use. As property in that area is now starting to go for about $5,000, and sometimes $10,000 if it has cinder-block structures on it, this is an opportunity we are excited to have. It also makes financial sense, since we would have spent $2,400 on rent this year - and next year, we won't have to rent anymore. Even better, we won't be subject to the whims of property-owners!!
