Great Meeting With Houston Endowment!

OK....1st things 1st.  I grew up in Downtown Houston at Main 2016 (yes.....I was there when they filmed Urban Cowboy for all you native Houstonians) and the explosion of Downtown Houston just amazes me.  Houston Endowments offices are in the JP Morgan Chase Building, which is the tallest building downtown.  It is quite a navagational feat to get to the 64th floor.  First you have to find the elevator bank that takes you to the 60th floor then you search for the bank of elevator bank that takes you to higher.  I got dizzy when I stepped off the elevator, and I wasn't even close to a window. 

The meeting with Houston Endowment went incredibly well.  You know how when you are busy in the day to day routine of work, and you wonder if your are on the right track?  Working with a new organization that's how I have often felt.  We received so many compliments on "the strategic nature" of our work.  Elizabeth Love, our grants manager, really reaffirmed that we are on the right track.  From the early foundation, to pursuing the National Park Service grant for assistance in master planning, to the composition of the board makeup, to SWOT Analysis it appears we have been getting it right.  I feel very encouraged about our prospects in success with Houston Endowment.  It is still a long process but looks like we are on the right track.