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Now this is an architectural rendering your MesaZona can whole-heartedly support:  a team of four students to create built spaces to accompany the Mesa Urban Garden, a rapidly growning organization of volunteers in Mesa. 

The steel structure of the roof is designed to unify the existing column grid while collecting rainwater for garden use and support a 3 kw solar system with strenght to accommodate an additional 3 kw.

Status: Under Construction??? [Update please]
Location: Mesa, AZ, US
My Role: Volunteer, Structural Designer, Structural Calculations, Created sketches, diagrams, renderings, graphics, etc.
Additional Credits: Milagros Zingoni, Reid Mosman, Ann Rothove, Jake Vacek
[The "I' in this is Jordan Snittjer ]
I was responsible for the structural analysis of as built masonry columns, structural design, calculation and construction drawings for a roof to be added.  I organized + lead meetings with city engineers, community organizers, local contractors and others to discuss feasibility and created presentations to gain public support and assist in fundraising.

Source: http://archinect.com/jordan.snittjer/project/mesa-urban-garden-pavillion
What happened to gain public support and to fund-raising
MESA URBAN GARDEN (MUG) NEWS!

• Free yoga classes at MUG –7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the summer months by Yoga instructor, Ainsly.
• Free Fitness Class at MUG – 8 a.m. on the last Saturday of each month with owner of Mesa’s Afterburner Athletics, Jason Scott Briggs!
• Garden Bed Rental – Use the cost of two monthly lattes to instead rent a garden bed at MUG!  There are different rental packages available. Contact Laurie.
• Mesa Urban Garden makes the news again!! Downtown Mesa: 10 don’t miss spots!
• Looking for a unique and beautiful outdoor venue for your small wedding, business workshop or party?

MUG is available for affordable rentals, with all rental fees going to support garden expenses. Contact MUG.

Learn more at www.mesaurbangarden.com or www.facebook.com/MesaUrbanGarden. Located at 212 E. 1^st Avenue in Mesa [next to Republican Empanada]

A MesaZona Double-Feature 2Day > Enjoy! Pie goes environMENTAL!

FKN News ; Election Fever!

UK News reporter Jonathan Pie brutally honest views on the world of politics and Entertainment.
This is the FKN News

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey - He's Got A Full-Tme Job

Don't want to "fact-check" everything what he says in this talk in front of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Tucson, but gotta wonder what he says about Arizona K-12 education [ranked near the bottom of all 50 States] and higher education - where only 54% of high school students enter community colleges, colleges or universities within one year after graduation and half of those don't complete their degrees. . . .and he goes on to say that universities are "over-performing" and "under-appreciated"
Reality check, anyone?

Puzzled by Stuff? Curious? // Your Right To Know >> Candid Advice

The Dig: An Investigative Reporter’s Tips for Everyday Life

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, May 4, 2016, 8 a.m.

What's this all about?

Yours truly can't say it better. Let's all work on puzzles

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We here at ProPublica are in the business of finding stuff out, especially information that powerful people would just as soon keep secret from you, the public. Fundamentally, we don’t think this task should belong only to investigative journalists. It just doesn’t seem fair to have so much fun without sharing . . .

We’d like everybody to be able to make the world a little more honest. So we hope this column will help teach you some of the tricks of our trade.

We hope you learn to use them in your own life.

 

 

"When I became a journalist, that’s exactly what I vowed to do. For the past 25 years, I’ve covered cops and courts, corporations and conflict. I’ve tried to keep the Powers That Be on their toes, and make sure that the Powers That Aren’t get heard. Ultimately, it is what I hope that you, dear readers, will do in making use of this column.

• Demand answers.
• Unearth truths.
• Raise hell.

 

Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-dig-an-investigative-reporters-tips-for-everyday-life

Life-Long Continuing Higher Education Initiatives Happening NOW in The New Urban DT Mesa

Nobody paid three consults $25,000 each [taking some money out what was designated to fund the budget for The Parks & Recreation Department here in the City of Mesa] to come up with some multi-million ideas for new construction in a plan that didn't happen.
The people who created HeatSyncLabs made it happen themselves in an already existing building on Main Street. They call it a hackerspace. a grassroots co-op of volunteers— no staff!
Just retrieved an email from Eric Oster with this information: Two big updates

1. You can now buy your own Robot Ambassador shirt to support his community workshops.
Check them out at teespring.com/robot-ambassador
Who is NAO?

58 cm in height, NAO is our first humanoid robot. He has continually been evolving since the beginning of his adventure in 2006. Currently in his 5th version, 7,000 NAOs have already been sold throughout the world.
NAO is an endearing, interactive and personalizable robot companion.
Everyone can construct his own experience with specific applications based on his own imagination and needs.

2.  6 upcoming workshops at HeatSync Labs;Inkscape Design (for laser cutter / vinyl) - May 24, 7 PM - 10 PMBeginner Arduino For Programmer - June 4, 2 PM - 5 PMVinyl Cutter and Heat Press Class - June 5, 2 PM - 4PMCustom stamp Making with the Laser ($20) - June 11, 2 PM - 4 PMCardboard Electronic Pinball ($50) - June 18 and 19th, 2 PM - 6 PMSoldering Workshop - June 24, 7 PM - 10 PM

Share this info via his blog; Robot Shirts and Workshops
Robot Ambassador
Southwest Maker Fest Vice Chair
HeatSyncLabs Secretary

 

Here's a brief YouTube video just in case you want to see what HeatSyncLabs is

New Campus for A Mesa Higher Education Initiative: Affordable, Low-Tech and Hands-On

This higher education inititiative opening soon in an existing building used for years as storage offers alternatives other than colleges or universities for well-paying and fulfilling careers in well-being and healthcare. They haven't just talked for years, spent thousands of dollars to pay for ideas that never got over the ground and would cost taxpayers millions of dollars . . .they have a proven record of success, invested their own expertise, time and money and signed a lease to move into The New Urban Downtown Mesa.  

You can train for a fulfilling career in just 6 months.

ASIS Massage Education is having a casual, informative and informal open house today at its new location on the south side of Main Street between Country Club Drive and Robson. It's their fourth expansion for the Holistic, ACCET Accredited Massage Therapy Schools throughout Arizona.

Your MesaZona blogger talked yesterday with Susanmarie Miller LMT, the ASIS Mesa Campus Administrator and Director of Human Resources.
Look into ASIS here
At ASIS, quality education emphasizes practical skills, professional empowerment & respect for the wisdom of each individual.
At ASIS Massage Education the power of touch and compassion are the cornerstones of our holistic massage schools.

Honoring both scientific and intuitive approaches to the art of Massage, our trainings lead to a career that is personally and professionally rewarding, invigorating, and gratifying.
At our four Arizona Massage School Campuses, ASIS offers transpersonal massage therapy trainings dedicated to the person as a whole.
In a nurturing massage therapy school environment, students are invited to take the time and space needed for deep learning to occur. We explore anatomy & physiology, alternative health, self awareness & mindfulness, business, communications & ethics, along with a wide variety of massage modalities, at four massage schools throughout Arizona including campuses in Prescott, Flagstaff, and Tucson - and now here in Mesa.
It is the desire of the ASIS massage staff to graduate competent, creative therapists who have developed their own abilities to visualize and understand anatomy & physiology, coupled with a deepened capability to support the whole person during their time at massage therapy school.
Our professional training is designed to blend the art and science of one of the oldest, yet fastest growing careers in health care.