Thursday, October 8

Met with Lori our interior designer today at the Hobbs & Black offices to review the flooring options for the kitchen and bathrooms. I really like the look of the cork flooring and have chosen that for the kitchen, and MCT tile for the bathrooms in three colors which will be laid out in a line pattern. In addition to the flooring upgrades to increase our sustainability I have also chosen a rubber base board that contains a high level of reusable content and looks better and will last longer than the standard vinyl base board. Both cork and MCT are highly sustainable products.

Lori is going to create a materials packet for us so I can share all the choices with you.

Decisions - Janitorial and In/Out board

Tuesday, October 6

At the staff meeting today we agreed that we would try janitorial service on a twice per week basis and that we would eliminate the use of the in/out board and utilize our web offering instead, notifying of available/ busy / remote via AIM and out staff google calendar.

Sustainability

We are creating a space that will allow us to be more sustainable in our daily activities and utilizing materials that are higher in recycled content, reusing materials already in place, and higher energy efficiencies.

We agreed to share kitchen duty with the availability of a dishwasher and garbage disposal - eliminating the use of paper plates and plastic cutlery, and reducing the use of paper towels. We will purchase dishes and silverware from local reuse centers. Donations are welcome!