1 00:00:07,833 --> 00:00:09,066 >> THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE 2 00:00:09,066 --> 00:00:11,566 POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART TO THE 3 00:00:11,566 --> 00:00:13,200 PATRONS OF "CHARLOTTESVILLE 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:13,833 INSIDE-OUT" COMMITTED TO 5 00:00:13,833 --> 00:00:14,566 EXPLORING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND 6 00:00:14,566 --> 00:00:16,166 QUALITY OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY 7 00:00:16,166 --> 00:00:23,733 DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:27,133 SURROUNDINGS. 9 00:00:27,133 --> 00:00:28,466 >> THE LITTLE THING THAT I USE 10 00:00:28,466 --> 00:00:31,766 WITH KIDS IS ALGAE AND FREDDIE 11 00:00:31,766 --> 00:00:33,100 FUNGI GOT TOGETHER AND ALICE 12 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,433 CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT FREDDIE AND 13 00:00:34,433 --> 00:00:35,700 FREDDIE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT 14 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:36,000 ALICE. 15 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,500 >> WELL PLAYED. 16 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:40,966 >> FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI ALLARD 17 00:00:40,966 --> 00:00:47,400 AND THIS IS "CHARLOTTESVILLE 18 00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:49,033 INSIDE-OUT"! 19 00:00:49,033 --> 00:00:49,633 Captioning Provided By: 20 00:00:49,633 --> 00:00:53,533 Caption Associates, LLC 21 00:00:50,233 --> 00:01:02,633 www.captionassociates.com 22 00:01:02,633 --> 00:01:04,400 >> WE COULD PROBABLY STAND RIGHT 23 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:05,733 HERE FOR THREE HOURS AND FIND 24 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:06,800 ENOUGH STUFF TO TALK ABOUT AND 25 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,033 THINK ABOUT IT. 26 00:01:08,033 --> 00:01:09,766 IT'S JUST SO MUCH TO LOOK AT. 27 00:01:09,766 --> 00:01:11,366 ARE YOU A NATURE LOVER? 28 00:01:11,366 --> 00:01:13,600 TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN 29 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,966 ABOUT A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT 30 00:01:14,966 --> 00:01:17,300 TRAINS AND ORGANIZES INDIVIDUALS 31 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:19,466 TO BECOME STEWARDS OF THE 32 00:01:19,466 --> 00:01:19,866 ENVIRONMENT. 33 00:01:19,866 --> 00:01:24,633 JOIN US AS WE TALK WITH CLAI 34 00:01:24,633 --> 00:01:28,000 LANGE AND MICHELLE PRISBY OF THE 35 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,100 RIVANNA MASTER NATURALISTS. 36 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:30,333 COME ON. 37 00:01:30,333 --> 00:01:31,766 >> IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT 38 00:01:31,766 --> 00:01:32,500 POORLY NAMED PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU 39 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:33,700 DON'T HAVE TO BE A MASTER OF 40 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:34,933 ANYTHING TO BE A PART OF IT. 41 00:01:34,933 --> 00:01:36,133 WE'RE SCIENCE BASED BUT WE WANT 42 00:01:36,133 --> 00:01:37,800 TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE POETS AND 43 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,533 PHILOSOPHERS OUT THERE TO COME 44 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:40,933 AND JOIN IN AND THE ART IS 45 00:01:40,933 --> 00:01:44,333 BECAUSE WE NEED ALL OF IT. 46 00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:45,833 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THREE 47 00:01:45,833 --> 00:01:48,800 MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM, 48 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:49,166 MICHELLE. 49 00:01:49,166 --> 00:01:49,500 >> SURE. 50 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:52,933 ONE IS THAT IT'S FOCUSED IN 51 00:01:52,933 --> 00:01:53,533 NATURAL RESOURCES. 52 00:01:53,533 --> 00:01:54,733 WE HAVE AMAZING NATURAL 53 00:01:54,733 --> 00:01:55,866 RESOURCES IN VIRGINIA AND HERE 54 00:01:55,866 --> 00:01:58,000 IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, WOODS OUR 55 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,233 WILDLIFE OUR WONDERFUL WATERS 56 00:02:01,233 --> 00:02:02,300 LIKE THE RIVANNA RIVER. 57 00:02:02,300 --> 00:02:03,600 THE PROGRAM IS REALLY FOCUSED ON 58 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,233 NOT ONLY LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE 59 00:02:05,233 --> 00:02:06,333 NATURAL RESOURCES BUT ACTUALLY 60 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:07,466 GOING OUT THERE AND DOING 61 00:02:07,466 --> 00:02:09,000 SOMETHING TO BENEFIT THEM. 62 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,300 WHICH IS THE SECOND BIG 63 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:13,966 IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM 64 00:02:13,966 --> 00:02:15,366 WHICH IS VOLUNTEERISM. 65 00:02:15,366 --> 00:02:16,800 SO WHILE THE TRAINING COMPONENT 66 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,133 IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO IT'S A 67 00:02:18,133 --> 00:02:19,533 WAY TO GET YOUR FOOT IN THE 68 00:02:19,533 --> 00:02:21,000 DOOR, THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT 69 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,300 OF THE PROGRAM IS VOLUNTEERISM. 70 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:23,666 WE CONNECT THE TRAINEES WHO HAVE 71 00:02:23,666 --> 00:02:24,600 LEARNED ABOUT THE NATURAL 72 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,000 RESOURCES TO PROJECTS THAT NEED 73 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,333 THEIR HELP TO BENEFIT NATURAL 74 00:02:27,333 --> 00:02:28,333 RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN THE 75 00:02:28,333 --> 00:02:28,800 COMMUNITY. 76 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:29,600 >> RIGHT. 77 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:30,600 >> THIRD ASPECT IS IT'S 78 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:31,800 COMMUNITY BASED. 79 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,766 WE HAVE 29 DIFFERENT CHAPTERS 80 00:02:34,766 --> 00:02:35,566 AROUND VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE 81 00:02:35,566 --> 00:02:36,633 RIVANNA CHAPTER AND EACH ONE 82 00:02:36,633 --> 00:02:38,766 TRIES TO WORK WITH LOCAL 83 00:02:38,766 --> 00:02:40,166 PARTNERS AND RESPOND TO LOCAL 84 00:02:40,166 --> 00:02:42,400 NEEDS RELATING TO NATURAL 85 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:42,766 RESOURCES. 86 00:02:42,766 --> 00:02:44,100 >> AS I WAS EXPLAINING TO YOU, 87 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:46,700 WE USE ELECTRICITY IN A WORLD OF 88 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:48,200 FISHERY SCIENCE TO COLLECT 89 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,766 ANIMALS, STUDY THEM, TAG THEM, 90 00:02:49,766 --> 00:02:51,700 LOOK AT MOVEMENT, MIGRATION, 91 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:53,866 GROWTH AND LET THEM GO. 92 00:02:53,866 --> 00:02:55,533 >> IT WAS JUST A REALLY 93 00:02:55,533 --> 00:02:57,233 EFFICIENT WAY TO CATCH THE FISH. 94 00:02:57,233 --> 00:02:58,066 THERE WAS SO MANY DIFFERENT 95 00:02:58,066 --> 00:02:59,466 TYPES OF FISH AND WE GOT TO SEE 96 00:02:59,466 --> 00:03:01,566 IT. 97 00:03:01,566 --> 00:03:04,866 IT WAS IN THE CHUB FAMILY AND IT 98 00:03:04,866 --> 00:03:06,700 HAD THE LITTLE CARTILAGE HORNS 99 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:09,866 WHICH IT USED TO DEFEND ITS 100 00:03:09,866 --> 00:03:10,166 NEST. 101 00:03:10,166 --> 00:03:11,333 AND THAT WAS JUST REALLY 102 00:03:11,333 --> 00:03:11,733 INTERESTING. 103 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:12,766 I'D NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. 104 00:03:12,766 --> 00:03:13,666 I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE 105 00:03:13,666 --> 00:03:14,633 HIGHLIGHTS FOR ME. 106 00:03:14,633 --> 00:03:15,566 >> ALL RIGHT. 107 00:03:15,566 --> 00:03:17,966 WHAT ELSE DO I WANT TO SHOW YOU? 108 00:03:17,966 --> 00:03:19,666 >> SO WHAT DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DO 109 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:24,533 TO BECOME A MASTER NATURALIST? 110 00:03:24,533 --> 00:03:25,400 THEY HAVE CLASSES? 111 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,333 >> 40 HOURS OF CLASS TIME ONCE A 112 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:28,633 WEEK. 113 00:03:28,633 --> 00:03:30,100 AND THEN SO FOLLOWING CLASS, 114 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:32,700 FOLLOWING THE GRADUATION, THEY 115 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:35,400 WILL PARTICIPATE IN 40 HOURS OF 116 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:36,166 VOLUNTEER WORK. 117 00:03:36,166 --> 00:03:37,666 WE'RE KIND OF, LIKE MICHELLES, 118 00:03:37,666 --> 00:03:39,600 WE'RE KIND OF LIKE, I MEAN I 119 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,733 THINK OF IT AS SORT OF WE'RE 120 00:03:40,733 --> 00:03:44,000 ALMOST LIKE A TEMP AGENCY OF 121 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:44,400 VOLUNTEERS. 122 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,700 LIKE A SWAT TEAM, WE'LL SEND 123 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:47,333 THEM OUT TO DO A LITTLE STREAM 124 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:48,900 WATCH PARTNERING AND WE CAN SEND 125 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:51,966 THEM OUT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, 126 00:03:51,966 --> 00:03:53,033 IVY CREEK HERE PEOPLE VOLUNTEER 127 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:54,833 SO WHATEVER THE VOLUNTEER NEEDS 128 00:03:54,833 --> 00:03:56,333 ARE, THEY CAN PULL FROM OUR POOL 129 00:03:56,333 --> 00:03:57,366 OF VOLUNTEERS OF TRAINEES. 130 00:03:57,366 --> 00:03:59,933 SO IN ADDITION TO THE 40 HOURS 131 00:03:59,933 --> 00:04:01,466 OF CLASS, DURING THAT CLASS 132 00:04:01,466 --> 00:04:04,733 TIME, THEY'LL DO THREE HOURS OF 133 00:04:04,733 --> 00:04:05,766 WARM-UP VOLUNTEER WORK AND THEY 134 00:04:05,766 --> 00:04:07,200 DO FIVE FIELD TRIPS AND THE 135 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,233 FIELD TRIPS ARE REALLY THE FUN 136 00:04:08,233 --> 00:04:10,133 PART BECAUSE THEY GET OUT TO GET 137 00:04:10,133 --> 00:04:12,100 THEIR FEET WET LITERALLY. 138 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:13,466 AND COUNT BUGS IN THE WATER AND 139 00:04:13,466 --> 00:04:15,500 FIND THE BIRDS IN THE TREES AND 140 00:04:15,500 --> 00:04:17,833 RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAVING THE 141 00:04:17,833 --> 00:04:18,966 MAMMALS AND FISH CLASS. 142 00:04:18,966 --> 00:04:20,666 AND THAT SORT OF THING. 143 00:04:20,666 --> 00:04:21,633 SO ALL OF THAT. 144 00:04:21,633 --> 00:04:23,500 >> A LOT OF TIMES, YOU DON'T GET 145 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:27,066 TO SEE THE ACTUAL ANIMAL BUT YOU 146 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:28,666 WANT TO SEE WHAT'S USING YOUR 147 00:04:28,666 --> 00:04:29,800 CREEK BOTTOM OR WHAT WALKED 148 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,133 THROUGH THE MUD OR WHAT WAS UP 149 00:04:31,133 --> 00:04:32,433 ON YOUR PORCH IN THE SNOW. 150 00:04:32,433 --> 00:04:33,366 YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR TRACKS AND 151 00:04:33,366 --> 00:04:34,733 SEE WHAT WAS THERE. 152 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:35,466 THERE ARE TONS OF GREAT GUIDES 153 00:04:35,466 --> 00:04:36,600 OUT THERE ON TRACKS. 154 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:37,466 >> THERE'S A DIVERSE GROUP OF 155 00:04:37,466 --> 00:04:39,533 FOLKS IN THE CLASS. 156 00:04:39,533 --> 00:04:40,466 I THINK THEY'RE ALL FOLKS THAT 157 00:04:40,466 --> 00:04:42,300 HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT 158 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:43,266 THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND 159 00:04:43,266 --> 00:04:45,066 THE ENVIRONMENT HERE IN THE 160 00:04:45,066 --> 00:04:47,100 CENTRAL VIRGINIA AREA. 161 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:48,966 SO YOU CAN BE BOTH KNOWING A BIT 162 00:04:48,966 --> 00:04:49,666 ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT YOU CAN 163 00:04:49,666 --> 00:04:50,966 ALSO FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS THAT 164 00:04:50,966 --> 00:04:51,866 YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW MORE 165 00:04:51,866 --> 00:04:54,100 ABOUT. 166 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:56,666 >> WE HAD A CLIMATEOLOGIST FROM 167 00:04:56,666 --> 00:04:58,266 U.V.A. COME IN AND TALK WITH US 168 00:04:58,266 --> 00:04:59,766 AND HE MADE WEATHER REALLY 169 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:02,333 EXCITING AND INTERESTING. 170 00:05:02,333 --> 00:05:03,500 AND I THINK EVERY WEDNESDAY HAS 171 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:04,166 BEEN JUST NEW AND EXCITING 172 00:05:04,166 --> 00:05:06,666 TOPIC. 173 00:05:06,666 --> 00:05:09,566 >> WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, I 174 00:05:09,566 --> 00:05:11,133 REMEMBER ONLY TWO FIELD TRIPS 175 00:05:11,133 --> 00:05:12,866 AND IT'S THROUGH THE MASTER 176 00:05:12,866 --> 00:05:13,900 NATURALIST PROGRAM THAT I'VE 177 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:15,033 LEARNED SOME PRACTICAL ASPECTS 178 00:05:15,033 --> 00:05:18,233 AND I APPRECIATE THE NATURAL 179 00:05:18,233 --> 00:05:24,533 WORLD SO MUCH MORE. 180 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:26,433 >> LET'S START WITH P.H. BECAUSE 181 00:05:26,433 --> 00:05:28,666 THAT DEVELOPS ALMOST INSTANTLY. 182 00:05:28,666 --> 00:05:31,066 WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS? 183 00:05:31,066 --> 00:05:31,733 >> EIGHT. 184 00:05:31,733 --> 00:05:33,366 >> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE 185 00:05:33,366 --> 00:05:34,966 ALSO DID WAS MOVE THIS AND YOU 186 00:05:34,966 --> 00:05:36,333 SEE THE CIRCLE AS YOU LOOK 187 00:05:36,333 --> 00:05:37,900 THROUGH IT. 188 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:40,300 >> YEAH, IT'S CLOSER TO SEVEN, I 189 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:41,633 THINK, THAN EIGHT. 190 00:05:41,633 --> 00:05:42,666 AND THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE YOU WANT 191 00:05:42,666 --> 00:05:43,900 THE P.H. TO BE NEUTRAL IN THE 192 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:45,533 STREAM. 193 00:05:45,533 --> 00:05:47,366 >> MICHELLE ALWAYS STARTS OFF 194 00:05:47,366 --> 00:05:50,666 THE CLASS WITH THE BIG PICTURE, 195 00:05:50,666 --> 00:05:53,233 YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPTS OF WIN, 196 00:05:53,233 --> 00:05:54,133 WIN FOR EVERYBODY. 197 00:05:54,133 --> 00:05:56,933 MUTUALISM AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF 198 00:05:56,933 --> 00:05:57,300 THINGS. 199 00:05:57,300 --> 00:05:58,266 >> THEN THERE ARE CLASSES ON 200 00:05:58,266 --> 00:05:59,600 EACH OF THE MAJOR ECOSYSTEM 201 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,133 TYPES IN VIRGINIA. 202 00:06:01,133 --> 00:06:03,833 FOREST, AQUATIC RESOURCES, 203 00:06:03,833 --> 00:06:06,333 COASTAL RESOURCES, AND THEN 204 00:06:06,333 --> 00:06:08,066 THERE ARE CLASSES ON BIRDS, 205 00:06:08,066 --> 00:06:10,533 INSECTS, MAMMALS, FISH, WHAT AM 206 00:06:10,533 --> 00:06:12,333 I LEAVING OUT? 207 00:06:12,333 --> 00:06:12,666 BOTANY. 208 00:06:12,666 --> 00:06:14,466 >> PLANTS. 209 00:06:14,466 --> 00:06:14,866 BOTANY. 210 00:06:14,866 --> 00:06:16,133 THERE'S SOME SKILLS BASED 211 00:06:16,133 --> 00:06:17,066 CLASSES, SOME BASIC NATURALIST 212 00:06:17,066 --> 00:06:18,466 SKILLS LIKE HOW TO KEEP A FIELD 213 00:06:18,466 --> 00:06:18,800 JOURNAL. 214 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,400 HOW TO USE KEYS AND FIELD GUIDES 215 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,500 TO IDENTIFY ORGANISMS. 216 00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:26,000 HOW TO EDUCATE AND INTERPRET 217 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,533 NATURE FOR OTHER PEOPLE. 218 00:06:27,533 --> 00:06:29,000 >> AND WHERE THE, WHERE THE 219 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,133 URBAN AND, YOU KNOW, RURAL AREAS 220 00:06:33,133 --> 00:06:34,666 INTERSECT AND WE HAVE SOME OF 221 00:06:34,666 --> 00:06:35,866 THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE LIKE 222 00:06:35,866 --> 00:06:37,000 STORMWATER RUNOFF ISSUES AND 223 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,333 THINGS LIKE THAT AND HABITAT 224 00:06:39,333 --> 00:06:40,366 RESTORATIONS FOR IN THE CITY AND 225 00:06:40,366 --> 00:06:42,200 PLANTING GARDENS AND THINGS FOR 226 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,433 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN 227 00:06:44,433 --> 00:06:45,133 CHARLOTTESVILLE, FOR EXAMPLE, 228 00:06:45,133 --> 00:06:46,433 AND NOT OUT IN THE COUNTRY. 229 00:06:46,433 --> 00:06:47,000 >> RIGHT. 230 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:47,966 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER FIELD 231 00:06:47,966 --> 00:06:48,733 TRIPS? 232 00:06:48,733 --> 00:06:50,400 >> ONE OF THE MOST RECENT FIELD 233 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,000 TRIPS THAT EVERYBODY ALWAYS 234 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,300 LOVES IS WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF 235 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:56,766 HAVING LINDA FINK WHO IS AN 236 00:06:56,766 --> 00:06:58,733 ENTOMOLOGIST DOWN AT SWEET BRIAR 237 00:06:58,733 --> 00:07:00,133 COLLEGE AND SHE INVITES THE 238 00:07:00,133 --> 00:07:02,800 CLASS TO COME DOWN TO HER LAB. 239 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:03,733 THEY FEED BUTTERFLIES SOMETIMES 240 00:07:03,733 --> 00:07:06,833 OR IT'S JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE 241 00:07:06,833 --> 00:07:07,200 THERE. 242 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,366 >> THERE'S ALWAYS A SPRING 243 00:07:08,366 --> 00:07:09,333 BOTANY FIELD TRIP. 244 00:07:09,333 --> 00:07:11,433 GO OUT AND LEARN TO IDENTIFY 245 00:07:11,433 --> 00:07:12,700 WILD FLOWERS IN AROUND APRIL 246 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:15,333 WHEN THEY'RE STARTING TO BE VERY 247 00:07:15,333 --> 00:07:18,333 DIVERSE AND PLENTIFUL. 248 00:07:18,333 --> 00:07:19,300 >> ALL RIGHTY! 249 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:20,600 GRAB SOME TWEEZERS. 250 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:25,333 WE HAVE TWO LITTLE FISH! 251 00:07:25,333 --> 00:07:27,233 >> YOU KNOW, USUALLY WALK DOWN 252 00:07:27,233 --> 00:07:28,566 TO A STREAM AND YOU SEE ALL THE 253 00:07:28,566 --> 00:07:29,900 ROCKS AND YOU LOOK AT THAT AND 254 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:31,166 YOU SEE THE WATER ROLLING OVER 255 00:07:31,166 --> 00:07:31,433 IT. 256 00:07:31,433 --> 00:07:32,433 YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT 257 00:07:32,433 --> 00:07:33,833 WHAT'S UNDER THOSE ROCKS OR 258 00:07:33,833 --> 00:07:37,000 BETWEEN THOSE ROCKS AND SO WE 259 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,366 GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE LARVAE OF 260 00:07:40,366 --> 00:07:42,400 MAYFLIES AND CATTIS FLIES AND 261 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:43,333 DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT AND 262 00:07:43,333 --> 00:07:44,600 THAT WAS QUITE COOL. 263 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,066 >> WE HAVE A NATURAL AREA, 264 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:47,166 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE 265 00:07:47,166 --> 00:07:48,066 ARE ALL DEPENDENT. 266 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:51,233 SO I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW 267 00:07:51,233 --> 00:07:52,066 AND APPRECIATE THE NATURAL 268 00:07:52,066 --> 00:07:53,400 ENVIRONMENT, THE MORE LIKELY 269 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:54,566 THEY ARE TO BE CAREFUL IN THAT 270 00:07:54,566 --> 00:07:56,066 ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT 271 00:07:56,066 --> 00:07:58,400 WE PRESERVE THIS NATURAL 272 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,366 ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR FUTURE 273 00:08:01,366 --> 00:08:01,766 GENERATIONS. 274 00:08:01,766 --> 00:08:02,600 >> I THINK THOSE ARE GILLS. 275 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:03,766 >> THAT'S A GILL. 276 00:08:03,766 --> 00:08:04,966 >> THOSE ARE GILLS. 277 00:08:04,966 --> 00:08:07,233 >> GILLS. 278 00:08:07,233 --> 00:08:07,866 >> RIGHT. 279 00:08:07,866 --> 00:08:09,800 >> SO VOLUNTEERISM, GOING BACK 280 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,366 TO THAT, GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES 281 00:08:12,366 --> 00:08:13,900 IN THIS COMMUNITY OF WHAT PEOPLE 282 00:08:13,900 --> 00:08:14,800 DO. 283 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,400 WHERE THEY TAKE THIS NEXT AND 284 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,266 SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WITH 285 00:08:17,266 --> 00:08:19,033 WHICH THEY WORK. 286 00:08:19,033 --> 00:08:20,200 >> THERE'S SOME NATIONAL 287 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:21,200 PROGRAMS LIKE THE NATIONAL 288 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:21,666 BUTTERFLY COUNT. 289 00:08:21,666 --> 00:08:23,533 AND PEOPLE WILL, YOU KNOW, START 290 00:08:23,533 --> 00:08:25,200 SMALL THAT WAY AND START WITH A 291 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,033 LITTLE HAND HOLDING AND IF THEY 292 00:08:27,033 --> 00:08:29,333 WANT TO BE A GUIDE HERE AT IVY 293 00:08:29,333 --> 00:08:29,633 CREEK. 294 00:08:29,633 --> 00:08:31,200 >> RIGHT, RIGHT. 295 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,633 >> THERE'S A PROGRAM FOR THAT. 296 00:08:32,633 --> 00:08:33,866 SO THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF 297 00:08:33,866 --> 00:08:35,500 DIRECTIONS YOU CAN BE FUNNELED 298 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:36,366 INTO. 299 00:08:36,366 --> 00:08:38,500 >> YEAH, SO THE VOLUNTEERING 300 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:40,166 THAT THE FOLKS IN THE RIVANNA 301 00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:41,700 CHAPTER DO KIND OF FALLS INTO 302 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:42,633 THREE REALMS. 303 00:08:42,633 --> 00:08:44,200 ONE WOULD BE EDUCATION. 304 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,766 SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED 305 00:08:45,766 --> 00:08:48,566 LIKE TEACHING KIDS HERE AT IVY 306 00:08:48,566 --> 00:08:50,566 CREEK NATURAL AREA OR LEADING 307 00:08:50,566 --> 00:08:52,433 SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT CAMP 308 00:08:52,433 --> 00:08:54,900 ALBEMARLE OR ACTUALLY IN THE 309 00:08:54,900 --> 00:08:55,766 SCHOOLS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 310 00:08:55,766 --> 00:08:57,433 OR EDUCATION ABOUT NATURE FOR 311 00:08:57,433 --> 00:08:58,833 ADULTS AS WELL AND WE HAVE 312 00:08:58,833 --> 00:09:00,600 VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE DONE THAT. 313 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,166 CITIZEN SCIENCE AND THAT WOULD 314 00:09:02,166 --> 00:09:03,400 INCLUDE THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD 315 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,533 COUNT, BUTTERFLY COUNTS THAT 316 00:09:04,533 --> 00:09:07,733 THIS CHAPTER ORGANIZES EVERY 317 00:09:07,733 --> 00:09:09,833 YEAR. 318 00:09:09,833 --> 00:09:11,166 >> HAWK WATCH, SO THERE ARE 319 00:09:11,166 --> 00:09:12,333 THINGS THAT, OTHER BIG PROGRAMS 320 00:09:12,333 --> 00:09:13,533 THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN. 321 00:09:13,533 --> 00:09:14,200 >> RIGHT. 322 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,433 >> RIGHT, YOU HAVE GREAT 323 00:09:16,433 --> 00:09:17,100 INSTRUCTORS, WHERE ARE THEY 324 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:17,533 COMING FROM? 325 00:09:17,533 --> 00:09:19,733 >> WOW, EVERYWHERE. 326 00:09:19,733 --> 00:09:20,766 OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE 327 00:09:20,766 --> 00:09:22,133 UNIVERSITY AND THEN WE HAVE THE 328 00:09:22,133 --> 00:09:24,066 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND 329 00:09:24,066 --> 00:09:24,933 FISHERYS WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE 330 00:09:24,933 --> 00:09:26,333 OUR WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST TEACHING 331 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:28,400 THE MAMMALS CLASS RIGHT NOW. 332 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,033 >> DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY IS 333 00:09:31,033 --> 00:09:34,033 BASED HERE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE SO 334 00:09:34,033 --> 00:09:36,166 WE HAVE INSTRUCTORS FROM THERE 335 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:38,033 AND AS WELL AS MASTER 336 00:09:38,033 --> 00:09:38,766 NATURALISTS, VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE 337 00:09:38,766 --> 00:09:40,300 BEEN IN THE PROGRAM FOR MANY 338 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:43,000 YEARS AND HAVE BECOME EXPERTS 339 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:43,600 REALLY THEMSELVES. 340 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,600 AND ARE GREAT INSTRUCTORS. 341 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,833 >> IF I HAVE THIS, 1,000 342 00:09:49,833 --> 00:09:51,866 MILLILITERS OF WATER AND THAT 343 00:09:51,866 --> 00:09:54,866 REPRESENTS ALL OF THE WATER ON 344 00:09:54,866 --> 00:09:59,133 EARTH, ABOUT 97% OF THAT IS SEA 345 00:09:59,133 --> 00:09:59,433 WATER. 346 00:09:59,433 --> 00:10:01,066 AND YOU CAN'T DRINK SEA WATER 347 00:10:01,066 --> 00:10:05,566 WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY 348 00:10:05,566 --> 00:10:06,566 DESALINATING IT SO THAT LEAVES 349 00:10:06,566 --> 00:10:08,533 THIS AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS 350 00:10:08,533 --> 00:10:09,400 FRESH. 351 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,333 80% OF THAT IS FROZEN IN THE ICE 352 00:10:12,333 --> 00:10:14,900 CAPS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH 353 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:15,200 POLES. 354 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,500 BUT OF THIS AMOUNT, 75% IS 355 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:21,400 UNDERGROUND AND UNAVAILABLE TO 356 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:21,666 US. 357 00:10:21,666 --> 00:10:28,700 SO OF THAT AMOUNT, 3/1,000TH OF 358 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:29,633 1%, IT'S ONE DROP THAT'S 359 00:10:29,633 --> 00:10:30,400 AVAILABLE TO US. 360 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:31,633 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT 361 00:10:31,633 --> 00:10:31,933 CLEAN. 362 00:10:31,933 --> 00:10:33,700 AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLEAN IT 363 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:35,600 UP IF IT GETS DIRTY. 364 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,200 >> LET'S CLOSE THIS OUT BY 365 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:38,233 TALKING ABOUT HOW EVERYONE 366 00:10:38,233 --> 00:10:41,800 BENEFITS FROM THIS PROGRAM. 367 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,266 >> AND THAT GO TO THE QUESTION, 368 00:10:44,266 --> 00:10:46,066 TOO, OF WHY BECOME A MASTER 369 00:10:46,066 --> 00:10:46,466 NATURALIST? 370 00:10:46,466 --> 00:10:47,166 BECAUSE YOU COULD JUST SIT AT 371 00:10:47,166 --> 00:10:48,333 HOME AND, YOU KNOW, WALK AROUND 372 00:10:48,333 --> 00:10:50,366 AND LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT 373 00:10:50,366 --> 00:10:50,700 ANIMALS. 374 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:52,666 BUT WE -- I THINK PEOPLE WHO 375 00:10:52,666 --> 00:10:56,166 COME HERE FEEL THAT THEY FOUND 376 00:10:56,166 --> 00:10:57,300 THEIR TRIBE. 377 00:10:57,300 --> 00:10:58,266 YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS WANT THAT 378 00:10:58,266 --> 00:10:58,900 SORT OF SITUATION. 379 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:00,666 YOU'RE A MUSICIAN AND YOU LOVE 380 00:11:00,666 --> 00:11:02,033 BEING AROUND OTHER MUSICIANS. 381 00:11:02,033 --> 00:11:03,066 PEOPLE HERE REALLY LOVE BEING 382 00:11:03,066 --> 00:11:03,966 AROUND OTHER PEOPLE WHO FEEL AT 383 00:11:03,966 --> 00:11:05,700 ONE WITH NATURE. 384 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:06,333 >> YEAH. 385 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:07,000 >> YEAH, YEAH. 386 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,166 I THINK WE OFFER THE VOLUNTEERS 387 00:11:08,166 --> 00:11:10,566 A REALLY MEANINGFUL WAY TO DO 388 00:11:10,566 --> 00:11:11,500 SOMETHING GOOD FOR NATURAL 389 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:14,833 RESOURCES AND THEN WE OFFER ALL 390 00:11:14,833 --> 00:11:16,933 THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND 391 00:11:16,933 --> 00:11:19,133 OUR STATE NATURAL RESOURCE 392 00:11:19,133 --> 00:11:19,833 AGENCIES WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS 393 00:11:19,833 --> 00:11:22,300 WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND 394 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:23,000 SKILLED BECAUSE THEY'VE GONE 395 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,066 THROUGH THE TRAINING AND CAN 396 00:11:25,066 --> 00:11:27,800 REALLY HELP MAKE A BIG 397 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:28,200 DIFFERENCE. 398 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,400 >> THE NUMBERS, I MEAN WE TALK 399 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:30,933 ABOUT IT, IT HAS A REAL VALUE TO 400 00:11:30,933 --> 00:11:31,800 THE STATE. 401 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,033 >> RIGHT. 402 00:11:33,033 --> 00:11:33,333 RIGHT! 403 00:11:33,333 --> 00:11:35,333 IT'S NOT JUST -- IT'S A GREAT 404 00:11:35,333 --> 00:11:35,633 THING. 405 00:11:35,633 --> 00:11:37,200 >> AS FAR AS THE CONTRIBUTION OF 406 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:37,500 TIME. 407 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:39,966 >> LAST YEAR, YOU ALL PUT IN 408 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:41,400 7500 HOURS THE VOLUNTEERS PUT 409 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:41,666 IN. 410 00:11:41,666 --> 00:11:43,100 >> 7,647. 411 00:11:43,100 --> 00:11:45,433 >> THIS YEAR SO FAR AT LEAST 412 00:11:45,433 --> 00:11:45,933 1700 HOURS. 413 00:11:45,933 --> 00:11:48,133 AND PROBABLY MANY, MANY MORE 414 00:11:48,133 --> 00:11:51,166 THAN THAT, TERRI BECAUSE THOSE 415 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:52,433 ARE JUST THE HOURS THAT GET 416 00:11:52,433 --> 00:11:54,233 DOCUMENTED THAT THE PEOPLE CAN 417 00:11:54,233 --> 00:11:56,566 GET THE COUNT THEIR 40 HOURS FOR 418 00:11:56,566 --> 00:11:57,400 CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUING 419 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:58,500 CERTIFICATION BUT REALLY, THERE 420 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:00,100 ARE MANY, MANY MORE HOURS THAT 421 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:00,666 GO. 422 00:12:00,666 --> 00:12:02,566 >> YEAH AND PEOPLE CREATING 423 00:12:02,566 --> 00:12:03,833 PROGRAMS THAT DIDN'T EVEN EXIST. 424 00:12:03,833 --> 00:12:05,533 YOU KNOW, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS 425 00:12:05,533 --> 00:12:08,433 THAT WERE NOT EVEN HERE BEFORE. 426 00:12:08,433 --> 00:12:09,866 >> I THINK WE CURRENTLY HAVE 427 00:12:09,866 --> 00:12:12,466 ABOUT 20 PROJECTS IN THE CITIZEN 428 00:12:12,466 --> 00:12:14,066 SCIENCE AREA AND ABOUT THAT MANY 429 00:12:14,066 --> 00:12:15,366 ALSO IN THE EDUCATION AREA. 430 00:12:15,366 --> 00:12:19,166 AND SLIGHTLY FEWER IN THE 431 00:12:19,166 --> 00:12:20,133 STEWARDSHIP AREA WHERE PEOPLE 432 00:12:20,133 --> 00:12:23,266 YOU CAN GO OUT AND BUILD TRAILS, 433 00:12:23,266 --> 00:12:25,600 YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S YOUR THING. 434 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:26,866 >> THIS IS SO GREAT. 435 00:12:26,866 --> 00:12:27,833 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR 436 00:12:27,833 --> 00:12:28,966 SPENDING TIME WITH US TODAY. 437 00:12:28,966 --> 00:12:29,733 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 438 00:12:29,733 --> 00:12:31,300 >> THANK YOU, TERRI. 439 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:32,766 >> YOU CAN SEE THIS TREE FELL 440 00:12:32,766 --> 00:12:33,700 DOWN DURING THAT STORM. 441 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:35,433 >> I ENJOY BEING AN INSTRUCTOR 442 00:12:35,433 --> 00:12:37,600 IN THE MASTER NATURALIST PROGRAM 443 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:38,600 BECAUSE IT GIVES ME AN 444 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,166 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LOT OF 445 00:12:40,166 --> 00:12:41,500 THINGS THAT I KNOW ABOUT LIKE IN 446 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,000 TERMS OF GEOLOGY. 447 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,766 BUT IT ALSO GIVES ME A TIME TO 448 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:47,833 REJUVENATE MYSELF AND TO LEARN A 449 00:12:47,833 --> 00:12:49,333 LOT MORE AND TO HAVE A BROADER 450 00:12:49,333 --> 00:12:53,833 APPLICATION OF NATURE. 451 00:12:53,833 --> 00:12:57,066 >> IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY, WE STILL 452 00:12:57,066 --> 00:13:03,100 HAVE OUR NATURE AND THE MORE I 453 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:09,066 LEARN ABOUT IT, THE MORE I'M 454 00:13:09,066 --> 00:13:12,100 AWED BY ITS CREATION. 455 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:13,400 >> THE RIVANNA MASTER NATURALIST 456 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,533 PROGRAM IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO 457 00:13:15,533 --> 00:13:17,366 REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE 458 00:13:17,366 --> 00:13:18,466 LEARNING ABOUT AND WANT TO 459 00:13:18,466 --> 00:13:20,766 SPREAD THE WORD AND WANT TO 460 00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:22,200 EDUCATE OTHERS ABOUT THEIR 461 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,600 FAVORITE TOPICS AND HOW EVERYDAY 462 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:34,666 ACTIONS IMPACT THE EARTH. 463 00:13:34,666 --> 00:13:36,466 >> WHEN YOU'RE NOT REALLY USED 464 00:13:36,466 --> 00:13:38,933 TO SAVING, IT CAN BE AN ISSUE 465 00:13:38,933 --> 00:13:41,033 BECAUSE YOU REALLY MAY SAY, 466 00:13:41,033 --> 00:13:42,433 HMMM, I REALLY WANT THAT BUT IS 467 00:13:42,433 --> 00:13:45,466 IT A NEED OR A WANT? 468 00:13:45,466 --> 00:13:46,966 SO I HAVE REALLY LEARNED HOW TO 469 00:13:46,966 --> 00:13:48,866 DEFINE WHAT NEED AND WANT IS. 470 00:13:48,866 --> 00:13:51,100 >> YOU KNOW THIS PLACE IS OLD 471 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:53,400 AND IT NEED AN UPGRADE. 472 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,766 AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE MORE 473 00:13:54,766 --> 00:13:55,733 COMFORTABLE LIVING FOR THE 474 00:13:55,733 --> 00:13:56,933 RESIDENTS AND SO YEAH, IT WILL 475 00:13:56,933 --> 00:13:58,433 BE WONDERFUL. 476 00:13:58,433 --> 00:14:00,333 >> TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN 477 00:14:00,333 --> 00:14:01,266 ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION THAT 478 00:14:01,266 --> 00:14:02,233 BELIEVES THAT EVERYONE SHOULD 479 00:14:02,233 --> 00:14:04,233 HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME. 480 00:14:04,233 --> 00:14:06,300 AND THROUGH EDUCATION, LENDING, 481 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:07,300 AND DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE HELPING 482 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:09,400 TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 483 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,733 OUR COMMUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS 484 00:14:11,733 --> 00:14:12,733 AND FAMILIES. 485 00:14:12,733 --> 00:14:18,533 JOIN US AS WE VISIT WITH FRANK 486 00:14:18,533 --> 00:14:21,366 GROSCH AND CLAUDETTE GRANT OF 487 00:14:21,366 --> 00:14:22,200 PIEDMONT HOUSING ALLIANCE. 488 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:22,966 COME ON. 489 00:14:22,966 --> 00:14:24,033 >> WE HAVE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS 490 00:14:24,033 --> 00:14:24,833 IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE 491 00:14:24,833 --> 00:14:27,400 INVOLVED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 492 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:28,733 TELL US WHAT MAKES P.H.A. 493 00:14:28,733 --> 00:14:30,700 UNIQUE. 494 00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:33,833 >> OUR PART OF AFFORDABLE 495 00:14:33,833 --> 00:14:34,800 HOUSING IN CHARLOTTESVILLE 496 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:42,133 REALLY FOCUSES ON THE EDUCATION 497 00:14:42,133 --> 00:14:44,333 AND LENDING THAT'S AROUND HOME 498 00:14:44,333 --> 00:14:44,700 OWNERSHIP. 499 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:46,266 SO WE'VE HELPED 1,000 FAMILIES 500 00:14:46,266 --> 00:14:47,266 TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOUSE. 501 00:14:47,266 --> 00:14:48,833 NOT JUST IN OUR COUNSELLING 502 00:14:48,833 --> 00:14:49,900 PROGRAM BUT ALSO WE CAN LEND 503 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:51,100 FOLKS MONEY FOR A DOWNPAYMENT 504 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:53,000 AND CLOSING COSTS AND TO DATE, 505 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,700 WE'VE LENT OVER $8 1/2 MILLION 506 00:14:54,700 --> 00:14:56,200 ON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS YOU 507 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:57,633 COULD IMAGINE, RIGHT, TO HELP 508 00:14:57,633 --> 00:15:01,400 PEOPLE BUY THEIR FIRST HOUSE. 509 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,266 AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN 510 00:15:03,266 --> 00:15:07,400 CHARLS CHARLOTTESVILLE, THE 511 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,166 ONLY PRIVATE ORGANIZATION THAT 512 00:15:08,166 --> 00:15:09,433 IS DOING AFFORDABLE RENTAL 513 00:15:09,433 --> 00:15:10,700 HOUSING AND THAT'S REALLY OUR 514 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:11,800 GREATEST STRENGTH IN TERMS OF 515 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:12,633 HOUSING PRODUCTION IS IN THE 516 00:15:12,633 --> 00:15:13,300 RENTAL SPACE. 517 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:16,166 BUT WE'RE NOT PUBLIC HOUSING. 518 00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:18,766 WE ARE A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. 519 00:15:18,766 --> 00:15:20,033 >> RIGHT, YOU KNOW WE KNOW IT'S 520 00:15:20,033 --> 00:15:21,100 INTIMIDATING TO TRY TO BUY A 521 00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:22,933 HOUSE OR EVEN LOOKING FOR 522 00:15:22,933 --> 00:15:23,266 HOUSING. 523 00:15:23,266 --> 00:15:24,066 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT 524 00:15:24,066 --> 00:15:25,733 YOU HELP TO MAKE THAT AN EASIER 525 00:15:25,733 --> 00:15:26,433 PROCESS AND ONE THAT PEOPLE 526 00:15:26,433 --> 00:15:28,800 UNDERSTAND. 527 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:29,366 >> SURE. 528 00:15:29,366 --> 00:15:31,200 SO WE HAVE A STAFF OF COUNSELORS 529 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,233 THAT ARE ALL CERTIFIED BY H.U.D. 530 00:15:34,233 --> 00:15:36,933 AND VERY HIGHLY TRAINED. 531 00:15:36,933 --> 00:15:37,900 >> H.U.D. IS FOR PEOPLE WHO 532 00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:39,100 DON'T KNOW? 533 00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:39,566 >> SORRY. 534 00:15:39,566 --> 00:15:41,233 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 535 00:15:41,233 --> 00:15:41,633 DEVELOPMENT. 536 00:15:41,633 --> 00:15:42,000 >> GREAT. 537 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,433 >> AN AWARD-WINNING STAFF AND 538 00:15:43,433 --> 00:15:46,366 FOLKS COME TO US WITH A WHOLE 539 00:15:46,366 --> 00:15:48,833 HOST OF HOUSING QUESTIONS AND 540 00:15:48,833 --> 00:15:49,200 CONCERNS. 541 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,633 SOMETIMES IT'S UNDERSTANDING THE 542 00:15:50,633 --> 00:15:51,833 BUYING PROCESS, SOMETIMES IT'S 543 00:15:51,833 --> 00:15:52,966 UNDERSTANDING THE MORTGAGE 544 00:15:52,966 --> 00:15:53,300 PROCESS. 545 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:58,733 SOMETIMES THAT'S MYSTIFYING TO 546 00:15:58,733 --> 00:15:59,933 MANY OF US. 547 00:15:59,933 --> 00:16:01,800 SOMETIMES FOLKS COME TO US ABOUT 548 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,433 CONCERNS OF DISCRIMINATION. 549 00:16:03,433 --> 00:16:04,700 WE DON'T THINK THAT TODAY QUITE 550 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:06,266 AS MUCH AS MAYBE WE USED TO. 551 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:07,400 IN FACT, IT STILL HAPPENS. 552 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,533 SO FAIR HOUSING IS AN IMPORTANT 553 00:16:09,533 --> 00:16:11,133 CONCERN FOR PIEDMONT HOUSING AND 554 00:16:11,133 --> 00:16:14,433 WE WORK WITH PEOPLE TO ADDRESS 555 00:16:14,433 --> 00:16:17,300 ISSUES AROUND DISCRIMINATION IN 556 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:17,700 HOUSING. 557 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:20,766 >> IN MAY OF 1993, I WAS INJURED 558 00:16:20,766 --> 00:16:22,866 IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. 559 00:16:22,866 --> 00:16:25,266 PARALYZED AND BECAME A 560 00:16:25,266 --> 00:16:28,166 QUADRIPLEGIC SO I GOT LUCKY WHEN 561 00:16:28,166 --> 00:16:29,666 I FOUND THIS PLACE BECAUSE AT 562 00:16:29,666 --> 00:16:33,333 THE TIME, IT WAS REALLY THE ONLY 563 00:16:33,333 --> 00:16:36,600 DECENT HANDICAPPED HOUSING IN 564 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:37,066 CHARLOTTESVILLE. 565 00:16:37,066 --> 00:16:38,633 THE DOOR HANDLES ACTUALLY HAVE 566 00:16:38,633 --> 00:16:43,900 HANDLES INSTEAD OF KNOBS. 567 00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:46,200 ALL THE DOORS ARE 3-0 DOORS, 568 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,066 THREE FOOT WIDE, 36 INCH WIDE 569 00:16:48,066 --> 00:16:48,366 DOORS. 570 00:16:48,366 --> 00:16:52,733 AND THE HALLWAYS ARE 42 INCHES. 571 00:16:52,733 --> 00:16:57,166 AND THE BATHROOMS ARE BIG AND 572 00:16:57,166 --> 00:16:57,533 SPACIOUS. 573 00:16:57,533 --> 00:16:59,266 AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 574 00:16:59,266 --> 00:17:02,533 PLENTY OF ROOM. 575 00:17:02,533 --> 00:17:04,266 >> TELL US ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP 576 00:17:04,266 --> 00:17:06,566 COURT COMMUNITY. 577 00:17:06,566 --> 00:17:07,333 >> OK. 578 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:08,300 FRIENDSHIP COURT COMMUNITY IS 579 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:10,666 LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN 580 00:17:10,666 --> 00:17:11,133 CHARLOTTESVILLE. 581 00:17:11,133 --> 00:17:12,766 SO WE HAVE PORTICO CHURCH WHO 582 00:17:12,766 --> 00:17:14,533 COMES IN TWICE A WEEK AND THEY 583 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,200 TUTOR THE KIDS AND HELP THEM 584 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:17,866 WITH THEIR HOMEWORK. 585 00:17:17,866 --> 00:17:20,666 AND WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN WHO 586 00:17:20,666 --> 00:17:23,200 COMES IN AND DOES AFRO-BRAZILIAN 587 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:24,266 DRUMMING AND SINGING AND DANCING 588 00:17:24,266 --> 00:17:26,900 AND THEN WE TRY TO MAKE THAT 589 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:28,566 INTERGENERATIONAL AND SO WE HAVE 590 00:17:28,566 --> 00:17:30,666 AN ADULT VERSION THAT WE HOPE TO 591 00:17:30,666 --> 00:17:32,333 TIE EVERYONE IN TOGETHER. 592 00:17:32,333 --> 00:17:33,500 SO THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT AGES 593 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:35,400 GET TO WORK TOGETHER. 594 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,600 AND WE ALSO HAVE PARKS AND REC. 595 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:41,333 THEY COME IN AND THEY DO A 596 00:17:41,333 --> 00:17:42,633 VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND FIELD 597 00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:45,066 TRIPS WITH THE CHILDREN. 598 00:17:45,066 --> 00:17:46,033 AND THEN WE HAVE THE -- WE'RE 599 00:17:46,033 --> 00:17:47,133 GOING TO BE GETTING A RUNNING 600 00:17:47,133 --> 00:17:49,533 PROGRAM FOR OUR YOUNG BOYS AND 601 00:17:49,533 --> 00:17:51,033 SO IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR 602 00:17:51,033 --> 00:17:52,400 THEM, FOR MANY OF THE RESIDENTS 603 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,100 AS WE LOOK AT REDEVELOPMENT OF 604 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:57,033 FRIENDSHIP COURT WHICH IS ABOUT 605 00:17:57,033 --> 00:17:57,666 40 YEARS OLD. 606 00:17:57,666 --> 00:17:58,633 >> SO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT. 607 00:17:58,633 --> 00:18:01,266 TALK ABOUT THE GOALS FOR THE 608 00:18:01,266 --> 00:18:02,033 PROJECT. 609 00:18:02,033 --> 00:18:03,633 AND THE PLANS FOR WHEN YOU START 610 00:18:03,633 --> 00:18:05,100 IN 2018, RIGHT? 611 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:07,066 >> SO FRIENDSHIP COURT TODAY IS 612 00:18:07,066 --> 00:18:09,866 HOME TO 150 FAMILIES, SOME 500 613 00:18:09,866 --> 00:18:11,000 PEOPLE LIVE HERE TODAY. 614 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,566 THE MAJORITY OF THOSE AT LAST 615 00:18:12,566 --> 00:18:16,066 COUNT ABOUT 266 ARE KIDS UNDER 616 00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:16,933 THE AGE OF 18. 617 00:18:16,933 --> 00:18:18,300 MOST OF THOSE ARE KIDS UNDER THE 618 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:19,200 AGE OF 12. 619 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,533 SO WE HAVE LOTS OF KIDS HERE. 620 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:23,066 AND 96% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS HERE 621 00:18:23,066 --> 00:18:25,600 ARE HEADED BY A SINGLE FEMALE. 622 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,133 A MOTHER OR GRANDMOTHER. 623 00:18:28,133 --> 00:18:31,933 AND THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IS 624 00:18:31,933 --> 00:18:33,900 UNDER $11,000 A YEAR. 625 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:35,700 SO FOR REFERENCE, THE MEDIAN 626 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:36,766 FAMILY INCOME IN CHARLOTTESVILLE 627 00:18:36,766 --> 00:18:38,600 AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IS 628 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:39,333 $84,000 A YEAR. 629 00:18:39,333 --> 00:18:40,233 >> WOW. 630 00:18:40,233 --> 00:18:43,800 >> SO WE BECAME INVOLVED IN 2002 631 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,533 WHEN THE ORIGINAL OWNER OFFERED 632 00:18:45,533 --> 00:18:46,933 TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND THERE 633 00:18:46,933 --> 00:18:48,433 WAS A REAL CONCERN AMONG FOLKS 634 00:18:48,433 --> 00:18:53,500 HERE IN TOWN THAT THE PROJECT 635 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:54,600 WOULD BE CONVERTED TO MARKET 636 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,333 RATE OR REDEVELOPED IN THE 637 00:18:56,333 --> 00:18:58,066 AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOST. 638 00:18:58,066 --> 00:18:59,733 THAT'S HOW WE GOT INVOLVED. 639 00:18:59,733 --> 00:19:00,466 >> RIGHT. 640 00:19:00,466 --> 00:19:01,566 >> ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS SO 641 00:19:01,566 --> 00:19:02,500 EXCITING HERE IS THAT THE 642 00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:03,933 COMMUNITY IS VERY INVOLVED IN 643 00:19:03,933 --> 00:19:04,466 THIS PROJECT. 644 00:19:04,466 --> 00:19:06,666 YOU HAVE AN ADVISORY BOARD THAT 645 00:19:06,666 --> 00:19:09,766 YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER FROM 646 00:19:09,766 --> 00:19:10,700 FRIENDSHIP COURT AND YOU HAVE 647 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:11,966 ADULTS AND YOU ALSO HAVE A YOUTH 648 00:19:11,966 --> 00:19:13,766 LEADERSHIP TEAM. 649 00:19:13,766 --> 00:19:16,433 TELL ME ABOUT THAT. 650 00:19:16,433 --> 00:19:16,900 >> OK. 651 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:19,933 SO WE DO HAVE AN ADVISORY 652 00:19:19,933 --> 00:19:20,633 COMMITTEE AND WHAT'S EXCITING 653 00:19:20,633 --> 00:19:21,966 ABOUT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS 654 00:19:21,966 --> 00:19:24,733 THAT THE RESIDENTS ELECTED THEIR 655 00:19:24,733 --> 00:19:25,800 OWN MEMBERSHIP. 656 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:26,966 >> THAT'S GREAT. 657 00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:29,100 >> SO IT WAS A REALLY FUN TIME 658 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:31,033 FOR THEM TO GET INVOLVED. 659 00:19:31,033 --> 00:19:32,833 WE HAVE FROM -- WE HAVE A 660 00:19:32,833 --> 00:19:34,066 VARIETY OF AGES THAT ARE 661 00:19:34,066 --> 00:19:37,400 REPRESENTED ON THE ADVISORY 662 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,000 COMMITTEE AS WELL AS WE HAVE A 663 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:39,366 TEENAGER. 664 00:19:39,366 --> 00:19:40,666 SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AT THE 665 00:19:40,666 --> 00:19:42,266 TIME THAT SHE GOT ELECTED TO BE 666 00:19:42,266 --> 00:19:43,666 ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 667 00:19:43,666 --> 00:19:44,933 >> SHE ACTUALLY ORGANIZED HER 668 00:19:44,933 --> 00:19:45,933 FRIENDS TO VOTE FOR HER. 669 00:19:45,933 --> 00:19:47,033 >> THAT'S GREAT. 670 00:19:47,033 --> 00:19:48,400 >> WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS AWESOME. 671 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:49,333 >> THAT'S GREAT. 672 00:19:49,333 --> 00:19:51,600 >> THEY'RE MAKING CHANGE IN 673 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:51,900 2019. 674 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:54,000 IT'S CALLED THE MASTER PLAN SO 675 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,166 WE GO OUT HERE TO THE RESIDENTS 676 00:19:55,166 --> 00:19:56,966 TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, 677 00:19:56,966 --> 00:19:58,166 EVERYTHING IS OK, YOU KNOW, 678 00:19:58,166 --> 00:19:59,066 THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT IF THEY 679 00:19:59,066 --> 00:20:00,833 HAVE TO MOVE AND THIS AND THAT. 680 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,733 WE CAN EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT 681 00:20:02,733 --> 00:20:04,500 BASICALLY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 682 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:05,566 BUILD CERTAIN PARTS AND MOVE 683 00:20:05,566 --> 00:20:07,933 THEM OUT AND PUT THEM IN LIKE 684 00:20:07,933 --> 00:20:09,366 THAT SO NOBODY HAS TO LEAVE. 685 00:20:09,366 --> 00:20:11,633 >> IT WAS KIND OF COOL TO GET 686 00:20:11,633 --> 00:20:13,066 VOTED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF 687 00:20:13,066 --> 00:20:14,233 KIDS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO 688 00:20:14,233 --> 00:20:19,833 BE A TOP LEADER OF THE 689 00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:21,666 NEIGHBORHOOD, IT FEELS GREAT! 690 00:20:21,666 --> 00:20:23,800 >> SO NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 691 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,800 AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEXT FEW 692 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,366 YEARS TO REDEVELOP. 693 00:20:27,366 --> 00:20:28,600 AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING 694 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,600 THIS WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT. 695 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:30,366 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 696 00:20:30,366 --> 00:20:32,433 >> AND YOU HAVE PLANS FOR THE 697 00:20:32,433 --> 00:20:35,166 COMMUNITY CENTER AND YOU HAVE 698 00:20:35,166 --> 00:20:36,300 PLANS FOR EDUCATIONAL -- 699 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:37,100 UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 700 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:37,833 FOR THE CHILDREN. 701 00:20:37,833 --> 00:20:40,066 TALK ABOUT THAT. 702 00:20:40,066 --> 00:20:40,966 >> SURE. 703 00:20:40,966 --> 00:20:44,866 SO NO DISPLACEMENT REALLY IS THE 704 00:20:44,866 --> 00:20:46,466 CENTERPIECE OF THE PLAN. 705 00:20:46,466 --> 00:20:46,766 RIGHT? 706 00:20:46,766 --> 00:20:48,066 WE HAVE WORKED OUT WITH OUR 707 00:20:48,066 --> 00:20:50,366 PLANNING TEAM, OUR ARCHITECTS, A 708 00:20:50,366 --> 00:20:52,133 FAIRLY COMPLEX PHASING PLAN THAT 709 00:20:52,133 --> 00:20:53,400 MEANS WE CAN REDEVELOP 710 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,366 FRIENDSHIP COURT WITHOUT 711 00:20:55,366 --> 00:20:57,966 DISPLACING ANY RESIDENTS AT AT 712 00:20:57,966 --> 00:20:59,233 ANY TIME DURING OR AFTER 713 00:20:59,233 --> 00:20:59,666 CONSTRUCTION. 714 00:20:59,666 --> 00:21:01,633 SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 715 00:21:01,633 --> 00:21:03,866 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS 716 00:21:03,866 --> 00:21:04,533 COMMUNITY INTACT. 717 00:21:04,533 --> 00:21:06,366 IT'S A VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND WE 718 00:21:06,366 --> 00:21:07,566 ARE NOT HERE TO DESTROY IT. 719 00:21:07,566 --> 00:21:08,733 YOU'RE HERE TO BUILD IT UP. 720 00:21:08,733 --> 00:21:09,633 >> RIGHT. 721 00:21:09,633 --> 00:21:13,200 >> SO OUR PLANS INCLUDE A MIXED 722 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,100 INCOME PROJECT OF UP TO 600 723 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:17,033 UNITS ON THIS SITE. 724 00:21:17,033 --> 00:21:19,766 AND A MIXED USE PROJECT SO WE 725 00:21:19,766 --> 00:21:22,933 IMAGINE APARTMENTS OVER GROUND 726 00:21:22,933 --> 00:21:24,533 FLOOR RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE. 727 00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:26,066 AND RIGHT AT THE CENTER, 728 00:21:26,066 --> 00:21:27,366 LITERALLY RIGHT AT THE CENTER OF 729 00:21:27,366 --> 00:21:30,000 THE SITE, WE HAVE PLANS FOR AN 730 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER. 731 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,500 SO WE HAVE LOTS OF KIDS HERE. 732 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:34,800 WE KNOW THAT OUR KIDS GET TO 733 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,400 CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE 734 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,500 LOCAL ELEMENTARY, THEY GET THERE 735 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:41,366 OFTEN TWO YEARS BEHIND IN 736 00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:44,266 READING AND IN MATH. 737 00:21:44,266 --> 00:21:46,600 THAT'S IN KINDERGARTEN. 738 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,533 WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT. 739 00:21:47,533 --> 00:21:48,200 >> RIGHT. 740 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,866 >> WE THINK THE WAY TO DO THAT 741 00:21:49,866 --> 00:21:50,866 IS THROUGH DEVELOPING AN EARLY 742 00:21:50,866 --> 00:21:51,733 CHILDHOOD CENTER. 743 00:21:51,733 --> 00:21:55,733 AFFORDABLE DAYCARE, A TOP NOTCH 744 00:21:55,733 --> 00:21:57,266 PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, AND HELP FOR 745 00:21:57,266 --> 00:21:58,233 KIDS AFTER SCHOOL. 746 00:21:58,233 --> 00:21:59,600 THIS IS NOT ABOUT BUILDING NEW 747 00:21:59,600 --> 00:21:59,966 BUILDINGS. 748 00:21:59,966 --> 00:22:03,266 IT'S ABOUT CHANGING THE 749 00:22:03,266 --> 00:22:05,000 TRAJECTORY OF THE LIVES OF OUR 750 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:05,733 KIDS HERE. 751 00:22:05,733 --> 00:22:07,166 >> WELL, I'M EXCITED BECAUSE 752 00:22:07,166 --> 00:22:10,800 THEY'RE PLANNING TO MAKE A GREEN 753 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:11,100 SPACE. 754 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:12,966 AND WE GET TO VOTE LIKE WHAT'S 755 00:22:12,966 --> 00:22:14,333 GOING TO BE ON THERE SO LIKE A 756 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:20,000 BASKETBALL COURT OR A SPRINKLER. 757 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,600 >> BY US HAVING HANDS-ON, 758 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,466 THEY'RE GIVING US WHAT WE WANT. 759 00:22:23,466 --> 00:22:25,266 YOU KNOW WE'RE GIVING THEM OUR 760 00:22:25,266 --> 00:22:27,300 OPINION OF WHAT WE THINK WILL 761 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:28,833 WORK AND WHAT WON'T WORK. 762 00:22:28,833 --> 00:22:29,833 WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE HEALTH 763 00:22:29,833 --> 00:22:30,966 OF THE KIDS, AND THE SAFETY OF 764 00:22:30,966 --> 00:22:32,133 THE KIDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT 765 00:22:32,133 --> 00:22:32,733 AROUND HERE. 766 00:22:32,733 --> 00:22:33,900 WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND WHAT THEY 767 00:22:33,900 --> 00:22:35,566 DON'T WANT ON THE INSIDE AND 768 00:22:35,566 --> 00:22:35,933 OUTSIDE. 769 00:22:35,933 --> 00:22:38,933 MAKING SURE THEY GET THE JOB 770 00:22:38,933 --> 00:22:39,233 DONE. 771 00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:41,833 THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. 772 00:22:41,833 --> 00:22:43,366 MAKE SURE THAT THEY CHOSE ME TO 773 00:22:43,366 --> 00:22:45,200 DO IT TO MAKE SURE THEY DO WHAT 774 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,333 THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO. 775 00:22:46,333 --> 00:22:46,766 >> ALL RIGHT. 776 00:22:46,766 --> 00:22:48,966 LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE 777 00:22:48,966 --> 00:22:50,333 OTHER PROGRAMS. 778 00:22:50,333 --> 00:22:52,233 P.H.A. PROGRAMS. 779 00:22:52,233 --> 00:22:54,966 SO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND 780 00:22:54,966 --> 00:22:55,533 SAVINGS PROGRAMS. 781 00:22:55,533 --> 00:22:56,700 TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE INVOLVED 782 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:57,366 IN THAT? 783 00:22:57,366 --> 00:23:00,333 >> SO OUR EDUCATION AND LENDING 784 00:23:00,333 --> 00:23:02,066 PROGRAMS ARE REALLY BUILT AROUND 785 00:23:02,066 --> 00:23:03,833 AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP. 786 00:23:03,833 --> 00:23:05,500 FOLKS OFTEN COME TO US WITH A 787 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:07,400 GOAL OF BUYING THEIR FIRST HOME. 788 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,566 BUT WITH THINGS THEY NEED TO 789 00:23:08,566 --> 00:23:09,200 WORK ON. 790 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,366 SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T 791 00:23:10,366 --> 00:23:13,466 UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND THEY 792 00:23:13,466 --> 00:23:16,633 TRUST US AS AN UNBIASSED SOURCE 793 00:23:16,633 --> 00:23:17,166 OF INFORMATION. 794 00:23:17,166 --> 00:23:18,466 SOMETIMES THEY COME TO US WITH 795 00:23:18,466 --> 00:23:19,900 CREDIT ISSUES OR NEED TO REPAIR 796 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,600 THEIR CREDIT SO WE'LL WORK WITH 797 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,566 THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 798 00:23:23,566 --> 00:23:26,033 AND THEY'LL COME TO US NEEDING 799 00:23:26,033 --> 00:23:27,400 TO BUDGET AND SAVE. 800 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,433 AND SO WE CAN HELP FOLKS GET A 801 00:23:29,433 --> 00:23:30,366 PROGRAM FOR THAT. 802 00:23:30,366 --> 00:23:31,800 THAT WORKS FOR THEIR FAMILY. 803 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,633 >> RIGHT, THAT'S THE VIDA 804 00:23:33,633 --> 00:23:33,966 PROGRAM. 805 00:23:33,966 --> 00:23:34,266 RIGHT? 806 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:37,033 >> THE VIDA PROGRAM IS ONE OF 807 00:23:37,033 --> 00:23:39,066 THE UNIQUE PROGRAMS FOR US, IT'S 808 00:23:39,066 --> 00:23:41,000 A PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE STATE 809 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:41,666 OF VIRGINIA. 810 00:23:41,666 --> 00:23:43,633 IT'S A SAVINGS PROGRAM. 811 00:23:43,633 --> 00:23:47,000 THERE'S A STRONG INCENTIVE FOR 812 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,133 FOLKS TO SAVE. 813 00:23:48,133 --> 00:23:49,633 IT'S AN ACTUAL 8-1 MATCH. 814 00:23:49,633 --> 00:23:52,200 IF SOMEONE SAVES $500, THEY CAN 815 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,833 GET $4,000 FROM THE 816 00:23:55,833 --> 00:23:56,266 COMMONWEALTH. 817 00:23:56,266 --> 00:23:57,700 AND THEY CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR 818 00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:58,600 DOWNPAYMENT ON A HOUSE, THEY CAN 819 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,300 USE IT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, OR 820 00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:02,866 THEY CAN USE IT TO START A 821 00:24:02,866 --> 00:24:03,233 BUSINESS. 822 00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:04,733 IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND A VERY 823 00:24:04,733 --> 00:24:05,766 STRONG INCENTIVE TO SAVE. 824 00:24:05,766 --> 00:24:07,900 IT COMES WITH EDUCATION, 825 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:09,300 BUDGETING, AND PLANNING. 826 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:09,600 RIGHT? 827 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,566 IF YOU WANT TO START A BUSINESS, 828 00:24:11,566 --> 00:24:12,766 YOU HAVE TO WRITE A BUSINESS 829 00:24:12,766 --> 00:24:13,066 PLAN. 830 00:24:13,066 --> 00:24:14,100 SO THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT 831 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:17,633 AROUND THE VIDA PROGRAM. 832 00:24:17,633 --> 00:24:18,733 AND WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BE 833 00:24:18,733 --> 00:24:20,866 ABLE TO OFFER IT TO FOLKS. 834 00:24:20,866 --> 00:24:22,666 >> IT IS A TOOL THAT HAS REALLY 835 00:24:22,666 --> 00:24:24,733 BEEN A LIFE SAVER. 836 00:24:24,733 --> 00:24:27,566 I HAVE STRUGGLED PROBABLY FIVE 837 00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:31,466 YEARS TRYING TO REALLY HAVE A 838 00:24:31,466 --> 00:24:32,100 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS. 839 00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:33,933 AND MONEY HAS BEEN LIKE THE 840 00:24:33,933 --> 00:24:36,866 BIGGEST MOUNTAIN AND HURDLE THAT 841 00:24:36,866 --> 00:24:39,133 I HAVE ENCOUNTERED. 842 00:24:39,133 --> 00:24:40,766 I COULD HAVE A GREAT IDEA BUT IF 843 00:24:40,766 --> 00:24:43,033 I DON'T HAVE THE FINANCING OR 844 00:24:43,033 --> 00:24:44,766 THE HELP TO DO THAT, IT'S NOT 845 00:24:44,766 --> 00:24:47,333 GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. 846 00:24:47,333 --> 00:24:50,833 SO WITH MY BUSINESS NOW, I FEEL 847 00:24:50,833 --> 00:24:51,966 REALLY CONFIDENT AND IT HAS 848 00:24:51,966 --> 00:24:52,700 REALLY HELPED ME TO REALIZE MY 849 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:53,933 DREAMS. 850 00:24:53,933 --> 00:24:55,733 >> WELL, AND YOU ALSO HELP 851 00:24:55,733 --> 00:24:59,166 PEOPLE FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING 852 00:24:59,166 --> 00:25:00,133 AND APARTMENTS. 853 00:25:00,133 --> 00:25:01,266 HOW DO YOU ALL DO THAT? 854 00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:02,133 >> WE DO. 855 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:04,233 IN FACT, WE DEVELOP AND OWN 856 00:25:04,233 --> 00:25:06,700 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO WE OWN A 857 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:07,900 SMALL PORTFOLIO OF RENTAL 858 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:09,800 HOUSING HERE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE 859 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,133 AND ALBEMARLE COUNTY PRIMARILY. 860 00:25:12,133 --> 00:25:14,566 AND WE SERVE FOLKS WHOSE INCOMES 861 00:25:14,566 --> 00:25:17,533 RANGE FROM A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS 862 00:25:17,533 --> 00:25:18,900 A MONTH, RIGHT, ON UP. 863 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:20,733 WE SERVE FOLKS WHO ARE ELDERLY 864 00:25:20,733 --> 00:25:21,900 AND DISABLED AS WELL AS 865 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:22,266 FAMILIES. 866 00:25:22,266 --> 00:25:23,600 AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOUSING 867 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,000 PEOPLE, TERRI, RIGHT? 868 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,833 WE BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF 869 00:25:27,833 --> 00:25:31,333 HOUSING AS A FOUNDATION FOR A 870 00:25:31,333 --> 00:25:33,133 GOOD LIFE, RIGHT, FOR 871 00:25:33,133 --> 00:25:35,300 INDIVIDUALS, FOR FAMILIES, FOR 872 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:39,033 KIDS IN PARTICULAR. 873 00:25:39,033 --> 00:25:42,433 STABLE HOUSING IS REALLY THE 874 00:25:42,433 --> 00:25:43,733 UNDERPINNING FOR A SUCCESSFUL 875 00:25:43,733 --> 00:25:44,033 LIFE. 876 00:25:44,033 --> 00:25:44,633 >> I'M EXCITED FOR YOU. 877 00:25:44,633 --> 00:25:45,200 I CAN'T WAIT. 878 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:46,533 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW 879 00:25:46,533 --> 00:25:47,000 EVERYTHING GOES. 880 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:47,700 THANK YOU FOR WHICH SORE 881 00:25:47,700 --> 00:25:49,133 SPENDING TIME WITH US TODAY. 882 00:25:49,133 --> 00:25:58,666 >> THANK YOU. 883 00:25:58,666 --> 00:26:01,033 >> THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. 884 00:26:01,033 --> 00:26:04,166 FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI ALLARD. 885 00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:11,366 JOIN US NEXT TIME ON 886 00:26:04,966 --> 00:26:23,800 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT"! 887 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:24,533 >> THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE 888 00:26:24,533 --> 00:26:26,200 POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART TO THE 889 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,333 PATRONS OF "CHARLOTTESVILLE 890 00:26:27,333 --> 00:26:27,966 INSIDE-OUT" COMMITTED TO 891 00:26:27,966 --> 00:26:28,700 EXPLORING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND 892 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:30,066 QUALITY OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY 893 00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:33,666 DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 894 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:34,900 SURROUNDINGS. 895 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:35,500 Captioning Provided By: 896 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:37,800 Caption Associates, LLC 897 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:37,800 www.captionassociates.com