P-2047

Missoula Rotary Park Centennia

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Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Missoula

Total Budget: $36,250

Area of Focus: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution

Activity Type: Education: General

Summary: Missoula Sunrise Rotary is creating a monument that will be placed in a new Rotary Park to commemorate 100 years of Rotary in Western Montana. The monument will be the centerpiece for the expansion of an existing waterwise conservation, teaching garden and


The three Rotary Clubs in Missoula have partnered with the Parks Department, the Montana Natural History Center and the Jannette Rankin Peace Center to take over management of the current Water Wise Garden, a park located near a key access point to the riverside trail in downtown Missoula. We are working on a plan to expand and upgrade the existing park in honor of our local Rotary centennial celebration. The park, located in Missoula and Missoula County next to the Missoulian building at 500 South Higgins Ave, is a popular destination for people interested in learning about native plants and drought-tolerant landscapes and is a busy thoroughfare for people accessing the popular Riverfront Trail system. The expansion will develop the teaching capabilities of the park for university, community and children's programs focused on the environment, conservation and water use. The monument also commemorates the Four-Way Test of Rotary, providing a community reminder to our work to promote peace, understanding and professional ethics.

The monument will be an analemma, or solar calendar, allowing visitors the ability to determine the day or the year by a shadow cast upon a solar calendar etched into the surface. The Natural History Center and others will use this as part of their teaching program to show how solar cycles affect the climate and our ecology.

This grant request is to help fund monument materials, which includes the basalt column from a quarry in northern Idaho that will be the main structure of the column. While the park will not be completed until 2019, the scientific nature of the installation requires that the monument be built when placed. It also will allow for testing and rework of the analemma prior to final installation if needed.

We are fortunate to have leading this project a person who has constructed a similar monument in another state. Under his direction we have already completed the solar site survey and astrological engineering of the calendar that verifies that the site will work. The Parks Department has also given approval to proceed. Currently we are building prototypes of the monument to determine the final size and construction materials. This will be complete in the coming months, and we'll begin ordering materials this summer for fall delivery and construction. Club members are raising funds and in-kind donations, leading the engineering and architectural design of the monument and park, and will provide hands-on work to prepare the site for installation.

The estimated budget for the project is $32,000. We a have already raised $2,500 to act as matching for this grant which is on deposit at the Missoula Rotary Foundation. The cost of building materials for the monument, once delivered to Missoula, is estimated at $12,000, although a switch in materials or size may reduce this cost to the $8,000 - 10,000 range. While we are early in our fundraising plan (the opportunity to do this just presented itself two months ago), we are confident of raising the money given the significant interest of fellow Rotarians and community partners and our past record of meeting our fundraising goals for previous projects. Already, all of the above engineering work has been donated by the engineers involved.

While this project hits multiple areas of focus, we feel that the commemoration of the Four Way Test and our club's active promotion of it in the Missoula Community, best fits the category Peace and Conflict Prevention. This could also very well fit under Water & Sanitation given the overall theme of the park and the teaching aspects the analemma will provide.

Project Contact Person

District: 5390

Rotary Club of: Missoula Sunrise

Primary Contact: Chris Warden

Email: cwarden@washcorp.com

Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2018-19 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Missoula Sunrise (5390)

29-Mar-18

$23,350

$3,650

$27,000

Missoula Sunrise (5390)

4-Apr-18

$9,250

$0

$9,250

Total

$32,600

$3,650

$36,250

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History Log Entries

29-Mar-18

by Gayle Carlson

Missoula Rotary Park Centennial Monument Project Grant Submission

29-Mar-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Creation of project page.

4-Apr-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Pledge of $9,250 by Gayle Carlson of the Rotary Club of Missoula Sunrise, District 5390.

4-Apr-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

4-Apr-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Pledge of $9,250 by Gayle Carlson of the Rotary Club of Missoula Sunrise, District 5390.

4-Apr-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

4-Apr-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Project signed by Gayle Carlson.

4-Apr-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Betsy Mulligan-Dague.

4-Apr-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Jennifer Straughan.

4-Apr-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Chris Warden.

16-May-18

by Suzanne M Carstens

Grant award conditionally approved provided Rotary Club of Missoula Sunrise can show proof of all budgeted non-grant funds in a club account before Sep 1, 2018.

4-Jun-18

by Chris Warden

System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user.

4-Jun-18

by Chris Warden

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

4-Jun-18

by Chris Warden

System Entry: Project signed by Chris Warden.

6-Jun-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Betsy Mulligan-Dague added to the list of signatories.

6-Jun-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Project signed by Gayle Carlson.

6-Jun-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Jennifer Straughan.

6-Jun-18

by Betsy Mulligan-Dague

System Entry: Project signed by Betsy Mulligan-Dague.

16-Jun-18

by Suzanne M Carstens

System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user.

16-Jun-18

by Suzanne M Carstens

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

16-Jun-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Betsy Mulligan-Dague.

18-Jun-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Jennifer Straughan.

20-Jun-18

by Gayle Carlson

System Entry: Project signed by Gayle Carlson.

21-Jun-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Chris Warden.

2-Jul-18

by Suzanne M Carstens

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

24-Sep-18

by Suzanne M Carstens

System Entry: Project dropped by Suzanne M Carstens.

Reason for dropping: Chris Warden, Missoula Sunrise Club, withdrew this grant request due to changes in City policy. Missoula Sunrise can reapply for a District Grant for this same project at a future time.

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