1 00:00:05,233 --> 00:00:06,133 >>> THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE 2 00:00:06,133 --> 00:00:07,233 POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART TO THE 3 00:00:07,233 --> 00:00:08,566 PATRONS OF "CHARLOTTESVILLE 4 00:00:08,566 --> 00:00:10,133 INSIDE-OUT" COMMITTED TO 5 00:00:10,133 --> 00:00:13,900 EXPLORING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND 6 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:14,633 QUALITY OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY 7 00:00:14,633 --> 00:00:19,966 DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 8 00:00:15,333 --> 00:00:33,666 SURROUNDINGS. 9 00:00:33,666 --> 00:00:41,800 >> YEY, STONY! 10 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:42,500 >> FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI ALLARD 11 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:44,666 AND THIS IS "CHARLOTTESVILLE 12 00:00:43,166 --> 00:00:45,566 INSIDE-OUT." 13 00:00:45,566 --> 00:00:46,133 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY 14 00:00:46,133 --> 00:00:49,266 CAPTION ASSOCIATES, LLC 15 00:00:46,733 --> 00:00:59,633 www.captionassociates.com. 16 00:00:59,633 --> 00:01:01,666 >> IT FEELS GREAT TO BE A 17 00:01:01,666 --> 00:01:03,300 HOMEOWNER, ABLE TO HAVE YOUR OWN 18 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:06,500 SPACE, YOUR OWN PLACE. 19 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:07,100 IT IS WONDERFUL, JUST A 20 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:10,533 WONDERFUL FEELING. 21 00:01:10,533 --> 00:01:11,666 >> WE ARE FINALLY BEING ABLE TO 22 00:01:11,666 --> 00:01:15,600 LIVE THAT AMERICAN DREAM. 23 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:16,333 SO IT WAS JUST PROUD, HAPPINESS 24 00:01:16,333 --> 00:01:16,900 AND JOY INTO MY LIFE. 25 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:17,833 >> WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN 26 00:01:17,833 --> 00:01:18,733 SEE IT, BUT THERE'S A SMALL RED 27 00:01:18,733 --> 00:01:19,533 CAR BEHIND HERE? 28 00:01:19,533 --> 00:01:20,566 THAT'S WHERE MY TRAILER SAT. 29 00:01:20,566 --> 00:01:22,466 I WAS THERE FOR 32 YEARS. 30 00:01:22,466 --> 00:01:23,433 AND I'VE BEEN AT THE PROMISE 31 00:01:23,433 --> 00:01:25,533 KEEPER NOW FOR TWO YEARS. 32 00:01:25,533 --> 00:01:26,800 >> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO CATCH UP 33 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,600 WITH THE INNOVATIVE NON-PROFIT 34 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,666 ORGANIZATION THAT CREATED 35 00:01:30,666 --> 00:01:33,133 SUNRISE, THE FIRST EVER TRAILER 36 00:01:33,133 --> 00:01:34,900 PARK TRANSFORMATION IN THE 37 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:35,633 COUNTRY CREATED WITHOUT RESIDENT 38 00:01:35,633 --> 00:01:38,000 DISPLACEMENT. 39 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,000 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PROVIDING 40 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,266 AFFORDABLE HOMES TO LOW INCOME 41 00:01:43,266 --> 00:01:44,100 FAMILIES IN OUR LCOMMUNITY, JOIN 42 00:01:44,100 --> 00:01:46,133 US AS WE TALK WITH DAN 43 00:01:46,133 --> 00:01:47,533 ROSENSWEIG, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF 44 00:01:47,533 --> 00:01:48,366 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER 45 00:01:48,366 --> 00:01:52,800 CHARLOTTESVILLE. 46 00:01:49,233 --> 00:01:55,533 COME ON! 47 00:01:55,533 --> 00:01:56,500 >> SO I LOVE THIS SLOGAN. 48 00:01:56,500 --> 00:01:57,700 YOU ALL HAVE A SLOGAN, "WE DON'T 49 00:01:57,700 --> 00:01:58,500 NEED A HAND OUT, WE NEED A HAND 50 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:02,400 UP." 51 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:03,100 EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A 52 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:03,666 PARTNER FAMILY. 53 00:02:03,666 --> 00:02:04,400 >> WELL, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE 54 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,300 HEAD. 55 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:06,966 WE ARE A HAND UP, NOT A HAND 56 00:02:06,966 --> 00:02:08,500 OUT. 57 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:10,700 WE DON'T GIVE AWAY HOUSES. 58 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:12,200 WE HELP LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WHO 59 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,933 WORK HARD, REALIZE THEIR DREAM. 60 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:16,166 SO, VERY OFTEN, YOU HAVE PEOPLE 61 00:02:16,166 --> 00:02:18,033 IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WORK REALLY 62 00:02:18,033 --> 00:02:20,566 HARD SERVING FOOD AT CAFETERIAS 63 00:02:20,566 --> 00:02:22,600 AT THE UNIVERSITY, WORKING 64 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,033 RETAIL JOBS, ETC., YOU NAME IT. 65 00:02:24,033 --> 00:02:24,766 BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN 66 00:02:24,766 --> 00:02:27,466 CHARLOTTESVILLE. 67 00:02:27,466 --> 00:02:31,333 >> RIGHT 68 00:02:31,333 --> 00:02:32,066 >> SO, WE PROVIDE THAT PATHWAY, 69 00:02:32,066 --> 00:02:32,800 NOT ONLY TO HAVE A BETTER PLACE 70 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:33,466 TO LIVE, BUT TO EARN EQUITY 71 00:02:33,466 --> 00:02:35,666 THROUGH HOME OWNERSHIP. 72 00:02:35,666 --> 00:02:36,400 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE 73 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,633 VERY EARLIEST PROJECTS. 74 00:02:37,633 --> 00:02:38,533 WE VISITED YOU ALL IN 2008 ON 75 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:39,600 NUNNALLY STREET. 76 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,033 TALK ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 77 00:02:43,033 --> 00:02:44,133 >> NUNNALLY STREET WAS REALLY 78 00:02:44,133 --> 00:02:45,666 THE BEGINNING OF A BRAND NEW 79 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:46,400 AGE, A NEW ERA IN THE HISTORY OF 80 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:47,633 HABITAT. 81 00:02:47,633 --> 00:02:49,200 AND, SO, WHEN YOU LAST VISITED 82 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,133 US, WE WERE AT THE EARLY STAGES 83 00:02:51,133 --> 00:02:52,700 OF BUILDING WHAT WE CALL THE 84 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:53,966 PEYTON STREET COMMUNITY, WHICH 85 00:02:53,966 --> 00:02:55,566 IS THE FIRST MIXED-INCOME 86 00:02:55,566 --> 00:02:56,266 HABITAT COMMUNITY IN THE STATE 87 00:02:56,266 --> 00:02:58,500 OF VIRGINIA. 88 00:02:58,500 --> 00:03:00,700 >> SO, TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 89 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:01,333 OF DEVELOPING MIXED INCOME 90 00:03:01,333 --> 00:03:03,833 NEIGHBORHOODS. 91 00:03:03,833 --> 00:03:04,533 >> WE THINK MIXED-INCOME IS A 92 00:03:04,533 --> 00:03:06,200 HEALTHIER MODEL. 93 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,200 IT'S A HEALTHIER MODEL 94 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,633 FINANCIALLY. 95 00:03:08,633 --> 00:03:10,533 IT'S A HEALTHIER MODEL SOCIALLY. 96 00:03:10,533 --> 00:03:12,066 WE'RE CREATING NEIGHBORHOODS 97 00:03:12,066 --> 00:03:13,766 WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T SEGREGATED 98 00:03:13,766 --> 00:03:15,666 BY RACE OR AGE OR INCOME. 99 00:03:15,666 --> 00:03:17,100 WE'RE BUILDING COMMUNITIES FOR 100 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:17,700 ALL PEOPLE TO ENJOY AND 101 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:21,533 PARTICIPATE IN. 102 00:03:21,533 --> 00:03:22,533 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS 103 00:03:22,533 --> 00:03:23,533 THAT WE SERVE IN THE ROLE OF 104 00:03:23,533 --> 00:03:24,633 DEVELOPER AS WELL AS BUILDER. 105 00:03:24,633 --> 00:03:26,700 SO WE'LL BUILD A NEIGHBORHOOD. 106 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:28,100 WE'LL SELL MARKET RATE LOTS TO 107 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:28,933 BUILDERS WHO BUILD HOMES FOR 108 00:03:28,933 --> 00:03:30,833 GENERAL PURCHASE. 109 00:03:30,833 --> 00:03:32,500 AND THE INCOME THAT WE GET FROM 110 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:34,000 SELLING THOSE LOTS HELPS 111 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,166 SUBSIDIZE THE MARKET RATE 112 00:03:35,166 --> 00:03:35,866 COMPONENT OF THE MIXED INCOME 113 00:03:35,866 --> 00:03:37,600 NEIGHBORHOODS. 114 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,133 >> AND THEN YOU -- YOUR PARTNER 115 00:03:39,133 --> 00:03:40,466 FAMILIES CAN PARTICIPATE IN A 116 00:03:40,466 --> 00:03:41,100 GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. 117 00:03:41,100 --> 00:03:42,800 TALK ABOUT THAT. 118 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:43,466 >> YEAH, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT 119 00:03:43,466 --> 00:03:44,900 ALONG THE WAY. 120 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:45,600 AND WE'VE REALIZED A NUMBER OF 121 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,500 THINGS. 122 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:52,333 WE'RE LEARNING ALL THE TIME. 123 00:03:52,333 --> 00:03:53,066 SO AS WE'VE MOVED OUR WAY FROM 124 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:53,900 NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD, WE 125 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:54,766 MADE A LOT OF ADVANCES IN TERMS 126 00:03:54,766 --> 00:03:55,533 OF THE WAY THAT WE CREATE SPACE 127 00:03:55,533 --> 00:03:56,266 AND, AND THIRD SPACES FOR PEOPLE 128 00:03:56,266 --> 00:03:57,300 TO GATHER. 129 00:03:57,300 --> 00:03:58,900 BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE 130 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:00,133 REALIZED IS THAT IT'S MAYBE A 131 00:04:00,133 --> 00:04:04,866 LITTLE BIT UNREALISTIC TO SIMPLY 132 00:04:04,866 --> 00:04:05,966 TAKE A VERY, VERY DIVERSE GROUP 133 00:04:05,966 --> 00:04:08,066 OF PEOPLE, PUT THEM TOGETHER IN 134 00:04:08,066 --> 00:04:09,233 A NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST, YOU 135 00:04:09,233 --> 00:04:10,066 KNOW, WASH OUR HANDS AND SAY, 136 00:04:10,066 --> 00:04:11,633 "HEY, JUST GO MAKE IT HAPPEN." 137 00:04:11,633 --> 00:04:12,366 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING 138 00:04:12,366 --> 00:04:13,600 IN FAIRLY DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS 139 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:14,333 LIKE WE DO BECAUSE OF HIGH LAND 140 00:04:14,333 --> 00:04:16,233 COSTS. 141 00:04:16,233 --> 00:04:17,666 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 142 00:04:17,666 --> 00:04:19,266 PEOPLE GET A SENSE OF 143 00:04:19,266 --> 00:04:21,466 NEIGHBORHOOD AND START TO WORK 144 00:04:21,466 --> 00:04:22,633 WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS BEFORE THEY 145 00:04:22,633 --> 00:04:25,233 EVEN MOVE INTO THEIR HOMES. 146 00:04:25,233 --> 00:04:26,300 AND, SO, IT REQUIRES THEM TO 147 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:27,266 STEP UP AND TAKE LEADERSHIP 148 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:29,333 ROLES. 149 00:04:29,333 --> 00:04:30,100 IT REQUIRES THEM TO COOPERATE 150 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:31,933 AND IT'S JUST SORT OF CREATING 151 00:04:31,933 --> 00:04:33,266 THAT DNA IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD 152 00:04:33,266 --> 00:04:34,233 THAT THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO 153 00:04:34,233 --> 00:04:35,333 OWN. 154 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:36,066 AND, SO, THEY NEED TO TAKE 155 00:04:36,066 --> 00:04:38,100 RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. 156 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:40,633 AND THIS GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT 157 00:04:40,633 --> 00:04:41,733 OF PREPARATION AND EXPERIENCE 158 00:04:41,733 --> 00:04:43,500 DOING THAT TOGETHER. 159 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:44,766 AND, SO, WE THINK OUR 160 00:04:44,766 --> 00:04:45,766 NEIGHBORHOODS LAUNCH WITH A 161 00:04:45,766 --> 00:04:46,766 LITTLE BIT MORE WIND IN THEIR 162 00:04:46,766 --> 00:04:47,500 SAILS, THAN EVEN TYPICAL MARKET 163 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:52,666 RATE NEIGHBORHOODS. 164 00:04:52,666 --> 00:04:53,333 >> YEAH, OKAY, SO, SPEAKING 165 00:04:53,333 --> 00:04:54,000 ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND 166 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:54,733 COMMUNITY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 167 00:04:54,733 --> 00:04:56,033 THE SUNRISE PROJECT. 168 00:04:56,033 --> 00:04:57,000 >> WELL, WE WERE VERY PROUD OF 169 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:57,833 SUNRISE. 170 00:04:57,833 --> 00:04:58,566 SUNRISE IS THE FIRST TRAILER 171 00:04:58,566 --> 00:04:59,200 PARK TRANSFORMATION IN THE 172 00:04:59,200 --> 00:04:59,800 NATION WITHOUT RESIDENT 173 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,333 DISPLACEMENT. 174 00:05:02,333 --> 00:05:05,066 WE WERE LOOKING IN 2004 FOR A 175 00:05:05,066 --> 00:05:06,966 DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY AND THIS 176 00:05:06,966 --> 00:05:08,866 ONE KIND OF CAME IN FRONT OF US 177 00:05:08,866 --> 00:05:10,933 BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A 178 00:05:10,933 --> 00:05:11,800 CONTRACT PLACED ON THIS LAND BY 179 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,733 A LOCAL DEVELOPER. 180 00:05:13,733 --> 00:05:15,366 AND HE WAS GOING TO DO WHAT 181 00:05:15,366 --> 00:05:16,533 DEVELOPERS DO AND THAT WAS GOING 182 00:05:16,533 --> 00:05:17,233 TO BE CONVERT IT, MAKE HIGHEST 183 00:05:17,233 --> 00:05:19,366 AND BEST USE OF THE LAND. 184 00:05:19,366 --> 00:05:20,166 BUT THAT HIGHEST AND BEST USE 185 00:05:20,166 --> 00:05:20,900 DIDN'T INCLUDE THE RESIDENTS WHO 186 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:21,400 WERE LIVING HERE. 187 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:22,433 >> RIGHT. 188 00:05:22,433 --> 00:05:23,566 >> SO IN 2004, WHEN WE PURCHASED 189 00:05:23,566 --> 00:05:24,800 IT, WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE 190 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:25,966 RESIDENTS OF SUNRISE THAT THEY 191 00:05:25,966 --> 00:05:28,766 COULD STAY FOR THE REST OF THEIR 192 00:05:28,766 --> 00:05:29,866 LIVES, AFFORDABLY AND WE KNEW 193 00:05:29,866 --> 00:05:31,466 THAT BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IS 194 00:05:31,466 --> 00:05:33,266 SO INCREDIBLY GENEROUS, THAT WE 195 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:34,633 COULD COUNT ON THE GREATER 196 00:05:34,633 --> 00:05:37,333 CHARLOTTESVILLE COMMUNITY 197 00:05:37,333 --> 00:05:38,533 VOLUNTEERS, DONORS, UH, 198 00:05:38,533 --> 00:05:40,033 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, NEIGHBORS, 199 00:05:40,033 --> 00:05:41,866 TO STEP UP AND WORK SIDE BY SIDE 200 00:05:41,866 --> 00:05:42,700 WITH US. 201 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:43,400 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, SIDE BY 202 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,133 SIDE WITH THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE 203 00:05:44,133 --> 00:05:46,100 IT HAPPEN. 204 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:47,666 AND, SO, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT 205 00:05:47,666 --> 00:05:49,066 TODAY IS THE REALIZATION OF THAT 206 00:05:49,066 --> 00:05:49,966 OF NOT REALLY OUR VISION, BUT 207 00:05:49,966 --> 00:05:50,633 THE VISION OF THE RESIDENTS 208 00:05:50,633 --> 00:05:51,833 THEMSELVES. 209 00:05:51,833 --> 00:05:52,633 AND WE THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 210 00:05:52,633 --> 00:05:53,300 WE THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT 211 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:56,600 PLACE TO LIVE. 212 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:57,800 >> THIS COMMUNITY HAS THRIVED ON 213 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,433 FRIENDLINESS AND TOGETHERNESS 214 00:05:59,433 --> 00:06:00,300 AND LOVE AND THAT'S WHAT KEEPS 215 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:03,633 US TOGETHER. 216 00:06:03,633 --> 00:06:05,633 AND I TOLD THEM, TOO, THAT I 217 00:06:05,633 --> 00:06:06,933 WAS BORN IN BELMONT AND RAISED 218 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:08,666 THERE; I LIVED IN BELMONT MY 219 00:06:08,666 --> 00:06:10,733 ENTIRE LIFE AND I HAD PLANNED ON 220 00:06:10,733 --> 00:06:11,533 DYING IN BELMONT, SO I DIDN'T 221 00:06:11,533 --> 00:06:12,200 WANT TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE 222 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,200 AREA. 223 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:14,933 AND THEY KEPT ME HERE, WHICH IS 224 00:06:14,933 --> 00:06:17,300 GREAT. 225 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:18,700 >> I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN I 226 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:19,366 MOVED INTO MY NEW HOME, YOU 227 00:06:19,366 --> 00:06:22,000 KNOW. 228 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,766 IT WAS JUST -- I MADE MY FIRST 229 00:06:23,766 --> 00:06:25,733 HOME PAYMENT. 230 00:06:25,733 --> 00:06:27,333 AND I WAS ON TIME, AND EVER 231 00:06:27,333 --> 00:06:28,066 SINCE THEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN 232 00:06:28,066 --> 00:06:30,100 KEEPING IT UP. 233 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:31,733 IT'S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR NOW, AND 234 00:06:31,733 --> 00:06:34,966 IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL, YOU KNOW, 235 00:06:34,966 --> 00:06:37,566 TO BE ABLE TO BE A SINGLE 236 00:06:37,566 --> 00:06:38,400 PARENT, AND TO TAKE CARE OF MY 237 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,700 FOUR KIDS AND TO BE ABLE TO 238 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:41,933 AFFORD MY HOME, IT'S VERY 239 00:06:41,933 --> 00:06:42,933 EXCITED. 240 00:06:42,933 --> 00:06:47,833 >> WHAT EXACTLY IS HERE? 241 00:06:47,833 --> 00:06:48,666 >> EVERYTHING FROM HOMES SOLD, 242 00:06:48,666 --> 00:06:49,466 BUILT AND SOLD BY MARKET RATE 243 00:06:49,466 --> 00:06:50,433 BUILDERS TO HABITAT PARTNER 244 00:06:50,433 --> 00:06:51,866 FAMILY HOMES THAT THEY'VE BUILT 245 00:06:51,866 --> 00:06:53,133 THEMSELVES, AND IN CONJUNCTION 246 00:06:53,133 --> 00:06:56,066 WITH VOLUNTEERS AND PURCHASED. 247 00:06:56,066 --> 00:06:57,300 THERE ARE SOME RENTALS. 248 00:06:57,300 --> 00:06:58,333 THE VAST MAJORITY OF SUNRISE 249 00:06:58,333 --> 00:07:01,866 RESIDENTS, LONG-TIME SUNRISE 250 00:07:01,866 --> 00:07:02,633 RESIDENTS, WERE AGING AND SO, 251 00:07:02,633 --> 00:07:03,300 THEY WANTED SENIOR-ORIENTED 252 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:07,266 HOUSING. 253 00:07:07,266 --> 00:07:08,000 SO THE FIRST THING WE BUILT WERE 254 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:08,733 WHAT WE CALL THE PROMISE KEEPER 255 00:07:08,733 --> 00:07:10,500 APARTMENT BUILDING. 256 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:12,533 AND IN THE PROMISE KEEPER, THERE 257 00:07:12,533 --> 00:07:13,700 ARE PLACEMENT RENTALS, ZERO STEP 258 00:07:13,700 --> 00:07:17,366 ENTRY, COMPLETELY ACCESSIBLE 259 00:07:17,366 --> 00:07:18,033 APARTMENT HOMES FOR THE LONG 260 00:07:18,033 --> 00:07:20,133 TIME RESIDENTS. 261 00:07:20,133 --> 00:07:21,633 THERE ARE SOME CONDOMINIUM UNITS 262 00:07:21,633 --> 00:07:22,466 THAT HABITAT PARTNER FAMILIES 263 00:07:22,466 --> 00:07:24,733 HAVE PURCHASED. 264 00:07:24,733 --> 00:07:25,800 AND, THERE'S THE REAL JEWEL IN 265 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,166 THE CENTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 266 00:07:27,166 --> 00:07:28,133 WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH 267 00:07:28,133 --> 00:07:29,766 AARP. 268 00:07:29,766 --> 00:07:30,933 WE CONSTRUCTED A COMMUNITY 269 00:07:30,933 --> 00:07:32,033 CENTER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, 270 00:07:32,033 --> 00:07:34,200 WHICH IS A PLACE FOR ALL THE 271 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,266 DIVERSE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY 272 00:07:36,266 --> 00:07:41,633 TO GATHER AND HAVE FELLOWSHIP, 273 00:07:41,633 --> 00:07:43,866 ENJOY MEALS. 274 00:07:43,866 --> 00:07:44,600 THERE'S A COMPUTER LAB, FOR THE 275 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:45,300 CHILDREN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 276 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:46,000 THERE'S HOMEWORK HELP FOR KIDS 277 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:46,400 WHO NEED IT. 278 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:46,733 >> YEAH. 279 00:07:46,733 --> 00:07:47,833 >> THERE'S JUST A VARIETY OF 280 00:07:47,833 --> 00:07:49,100 ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON THAT 281 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:49,633 PROMOTE WELLNESS AND 282 00:07:49,633 --> 00:07:52,100 TOGETHERNESS. 283 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:52,700 >> YEAH. AND IT'S SUCH A 284 00:07:52,700 --> 00:07:53,300 COMMUNITY. 285 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:53,900 THERE'S SUCH A SENSE OF 286 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:55,733 COMMUNITY. 287 00:07:55,733 --> 00:07:56,333 SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 288 00:07:56,333 --> 00:07:58,233 SOUTHWOOD PROJECT. 289 00:07:58,233 --> 00:07:59,733 >> WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE 290 00:07:59,733 --> 00:08:03,266 OWNER OF THE SOUTHWOOD MOBILE 291 00:08:03,266 --> 00:08:04,566 HOME PARK IN 2007 WHO HAD HEARD 292 00:08:04,566 --> 00:08:05,700 ABOUT OUR NON-DISPLACEMENT 293 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:06,866 PLEDGE TO THE SUNRISE RESIDENTS. 294 00:08:06,866 --> 00:08:08,366 AND SHE REALLY LIKED IT. 295 00:08:08,366 --> 00:08:09,866 SHE WAS INCREDIBLE. 296 00:08:09,866 --> 00:08:12,166 SHE SOLD US SOUTHWOOD AT A 297 00:08:12,166 --> 00:08:14,433 DISCOUNT PRICE, AND SHE 298 00:08:14,433 --> 00:08:16,233 OWNER-FINANCED IT WHICH ALLOWED 299 00:08:16,233 --> 00:08:18,366 US TO INVEST QUITE A BIT OF 300 00:08:18,366 --> 00:08:21,133 MONEY IN NECESSARY IMMEDIATE 301 00:08:21,133 --> 00:08:22,900 REPAIRS TO MAKE IT IN THE MEDIUM 302 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:27,433 TERM, A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE. 303 00:08:27,433 --> 00:08:28,766 >> BUT THIS IS A LARGE PROJECT. 304 00:08:28,766 --> 00:08:29,866 IS IT 350 HOMES? 305 00:08:29,866 --> 00:08:30,600 >> YEAH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 346 306 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,700 TRAILERS. 307 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:35,500 1500 RESIDENTS AT SOUTHWOOD. 308 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:36,200 AND IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY IN 309 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:37,433 MANY WAYS. 310 00:08:37,433 --> 00:08:38,166 THE PEOPLE REALLY IDENTIFY WITH 311 00:08:38,166 --> 00:08:39,566 SOUTHWOOD. 312 00:08:39,566 --> 00:08:41,533 THEY TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. 313 00:08:41,533 --> 00:08:44,233 IT'S JUST VERY UNDER-RESOURCED. 314 00:08:44,233 --> 00:08:47,266 AND THE TRAILERS THEMSELVES ARE 315 00:08:47,266 --> 00:08:49,833 ASSETS THAT FADE IN VALUE OVER 316 00:08:49,833 --> 00:08:51,133 TIME AND OVER THE LONG HAUL 317 00:08:51,133 --> 00:08:54,400 THEY'RE NOT LIVABLE. 318 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,266 AND, SO, IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE 319 00:08:56,266 --> 00:08:57,533 REDEVELOPED IN A WAY THAT'S MORE 320 00:08:57,533 --> 00:08:59,266 SUSTAINABLE. 321 00:08:59,266 --> 00:09:01,133 AND WE THINK THAT THE MODEL WE 322 00:09:01,133 --> 00:09:03,466 USED HERE AT SUNRISE CAN BE DONE 323 00:09:03,466 --> 00:09:04,966 IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE AN 324 00:09:04,966 --> 00:09:06,266 INCREDIBLE ASSET FOR THE GREATER 325 00:09:06,266 --> 00:09:07,533 CHARLOTTESVILLE COMMUNITY. 326 00:09:07,533 --> 00:09:08,866 AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, IT'S 327 00:09:08,866 --> 00:09:09,600 GOING TO BE AN EVEN BETTER PLACE 328 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:10,333 TO LIVE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE 329 00:09:10,333 --> 00:09:12,733 THERE CURRENTLY. 330 00:09:12,733 --> 00:09:13,533 >> YEAH, IF SOMEONE CAME IN AND 331 00:09:13,533 --> 00:09:14,266 JUST DEVELOPED IT, AND SAID THAT 332 00:09:14,266 --> 00:09:16,933 YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, YOU'RE 333 00:09:16,933 --> 00:09:17,866 TALKING ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE WHO 334 00:09:17,866 --> 00:09:19,033 WOULD SUDDENLY HAVE TO FIND A 335 00:09:19,033 --> 00:09:20,800 PLACE TO LIVE, IN THIS AREA. 336 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,266 >> YEAH, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW 337 00:09:22,266 --> 00:09:23,000 HOW THIS COMMUNITY COULD ABSORB 338 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,466 THAT. 339 00:09:27,466 --> 00:09:28,666 IT WOULD OVERTAX SERVICES IN THE 340 00:09:28,666 --> 00:09:29,400 AREA AND THERE JUST AREN'T HOMES 341 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:30,733 TO REHOUSE PEOPLE. 342 00:09:30,733 --> 00:09:31,966 YOU'D HAVE MASS HOMELESSNESS AND 343 00:09:31,966 --> 00:09:32,600 WE JUST COULDN'T LET THAT 344 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:41,666 HAPPEN. 345 00:09:41,666 --> 00:09:42,500 AND, SO, WE ARE COMMITTED TO 346 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:43,200 REBUILDING SOUTHWOOD ON A 347 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:43,933 NON-DISPLACEMENT PLEDGE AND, SO, 348 00:09:43,933 --> 00:09:44,633 WE'RE FACILITATING HEALTHY 349 00:09:44,633 --> 00:09:45,433 HOUSING CHOICES FOR EACH 350 00:09:45,433 --> 00:09:46,233 RESIDENT IN THE PARK. 351 00:09:46,233 --> 00:09:47,100 WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A 352 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:48,000 FABULOUS PLACE, LONG RUN. 353 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,366 >> SO THIS IS ALL VERY EXCITING, 354 00:09:49,366 --> 00:09:50,666 BUT YOU HAVE EVEN MORE PROJECTS. 355 00:09:50,666 --> 00:09:52,033 TELL US ABOUT BELMONT COTTAGES. 356 00:09:52,033 --> 00:09:56,533 >> WELL, BELMONT COTTAGES IS 357 00:09:56,533 --> 00:09:57,366 PART OF WHAT WE CALL PROJECT 20. 358 00:09:57,366 --> 00:09:58,100 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE MADE A 359 00:09:58,100 --> 00:09:58,833 PLEDGE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE 360 00:09:58,833 --> 00:09:59,933 WOULD BUILD A MINIMUM OF 20 361 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:01,133 HOMES A YEAR ANNUALLY, IN 362 00:10:01,133 --> 00:10:01,900 PARTNERSHIP WITH LOW INCOME 363 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:04,433 RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 364 00:10:04,433 --> 00:10:05,566 AND THIS COMING UP FISCAL YEAR, 365 00:10:05,566 --> 00:10:07,033 THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE 366 00:10:07,033 --> 00:10:09,266 LOCAL DONOR COMMUNITY IN 367 00:10:09,266 --> 00:10:11,333 PARTICULAR, WE'LL BE WORKING ON 368 00:10:11,333 --> 00:10:12,500 32 HOMES IN ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN 369 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:15,366 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 370 00:10:15,366 --> 00:10:16,500 AND BELMONT COTTAGES IS OUR NEXT 371 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:17,166 MIXED-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD ON 372 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:18,566 AVON STREET. 373 00:10:18,566 --> 00:10:20,566 IT'S WONDERFUL. 374 00:10:20,566 --> 00:10:22,333 IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE VIA A LAND 375 00:10:22,333 --> 00:10:23,000 DONATION FROM LANE BONNER, A 376 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,866 LOCAL REALTOR. 377 00:10:24,866 --> 00:10:25,933 AND, SO, WE'RE CREATING A 378 00:10:25,933 --> 00:10:27,500 15-UNIT MIXED-INCOME DEVELOPMENT 379 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:28,366 WITH HABITAT PARTNER FAMILIES 380 00:10:28,366 --> 00:10:30,366 AND HOMES FOR SALE. 381 00:10:30,366 --> 00:10:31,133 >> THIS HOUSE IS A HOUSE THAT 382 00:10:31,133 --> 00:10:37,566 WAS BUILT WITH ME. 383 00:10:37,566 --> 00:10:38,633 AND WITH A LOT OF LOVELY PEOPLE. 384 00:10:38,633 --> 00:10:39,900 SO THIS IS, I GUESS, YOUR FIRST 385 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:41,933 HOUSE, IS JUST WONDERFUL. 386 00:10:41,933 --> 00:10:43,166 IT JUST DRIVES SOMETHING IN ME 387 00:10:43,166 --> 00:10:43,966 TO THINK THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE 388 00:10:43,966 --> 00:10:45,566 WHO REALLY DO CARE. 389 00:10:45,566 --> 00:10:46,733 AND THEY REALLY DO HAVE FEELINGS 390 00:10:46,733 --> 00:10:47,466 TOWARDS YOU AND THEY WANT YOU TO 391 00:10:47,466 --> 00:10:48,833 SUCCEED IN LIFE. 392 00:10:48,833 --> 00:10:51,366 SO, IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD. 393 00:10:51,366 --> 00:10:52,233 LIFE HAS ITS WAY OF CATCHING UP 394 00:10:52,233 --> 00:10:54,200 WITH YOU. 395 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,100 >> YOU COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT 396 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:56,766 MANY, MANY, MANY VOLUNTEERS. 397 00:10:56,766 --> 00:10:57,666 TALK ABOUT THAT. 398 00:10:57,666 --> 00:10:59,300 >> EXACTLY. 399 00:10:59,300 --> 00:11:02,200 VOLUNTEERS ARE OUR ENGINE. 400 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:02,866 OUR HOMES ARE BUILT WITH 401 00:11:02,866 --> 00:11:04,433 VOLUNTEERS. 402 00:11:04,433 --> 00:11:12,100 WE SUPERVISE AND TEACH AND TRAIN 403 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:12,866 VOLUNTEERS, AND YOU COME DOWN 404 00:11:12,866 --> 00:11:13,700 AND JOIN US AT THE JOB SITE, 405 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:14,433 WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO BUILD AND 406 00:11:14,433 --> 00:11:15,166 YOU CAN BUILD SIDE BY SIDE WITH 407 00:11:15,166 --> 00:11:15,866 WONDERFUL LOW INCOME FOLKS WHO 408 00:11:15,866 --> 00:11:16,566 ARE WORKING THEIR TAILS OFF TO 409 00:11:16,566 --> 00:11:17,133 ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. 410 00:11:17,133 --> 00:11:17,633 >> OH, FANTASTIC. 411 00:11:17,633 --> 00:11:18,233 SO WHAT'S DOWN THE ROAD? 412 00:11:18,233 --> 00:11:19,100 >> DOWN THE ROAD. 413 00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:19,833 WELL, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 414 00:11:19,833 --> 00:11:20,533 MARCHING FORWARD WITH PROJECT 415 00:11:20,533 --> 00:11:24,666 20. 416 00:11:24,666 --> 00:11:25,633 THIS COMING UP YEAR, WE'LL BE 417 00:11:25,633 --> 00:11:26,366 BUILDING AT ELLIOT AND A COUPLE 418 00:11:26,366 --> 00:11:27,366 OF OTHER PLACES AS WELL. 419 00:11:27,366 --> 00:11:28,866 WE HAVE A BRAND NEW PROJECT ON 420 00:11:28,866 --> 00:11:31,066 5TH STREET CALLED HARMONY RIDGE, 421 00:11:31,066 --> 00:11:31,800 THAT'LL BE ANOTHER 14-UNIT, 422 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,233 MIXED-INCOME COMMUNITY. 423 00:11:33,233 --> 00:11:34,966 AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING 424 00:11:34,966 --> 00:11:35,800 FOR OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE THE 425 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:36,433 NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY IS 426 00:11:36,433 --> 00:11:37,733 INCREDIBLE. 427 00:11:37,733 --> 00:11:40,166 AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. 428 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:40,866 THIS IS A VERY, VERY WONDERFUL 429 00:11:40,866 --> 00:11:42,800 PLACE TO LIVE. 430 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:43,966 WE ALL LOVE LIVING HERE, BUT 431 00:11:43,966 --> 00:11:45,500 IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE TO 432 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:46,800 LIVE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 433 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,233 MONEY TO AFFORD HOUSING. 434 00:11:48,233 --> 00:11:50,233 AND IN CHARLOTTESVILLE ALONE, 435 00:11:50,233 --> 00:11:52,166 25% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY 436 00:11:52,166 --> 00:11:57,366 PAY MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR 437 00:11:57,366 --> 00:11:58,466 TOTAL INCOME ON HOUSING. 438 00:11:58,466 --> 00:11:59,900 AND UNTIL WE START TO ADDRESS 439 00:11:59,900 --> 00:12:01,800 THAT NEED, THIS IS NOT GOING TO 440 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:02,966 BE THE COMMUNITY THAT REALIZES 441 00:12:02,966 --> 00:12:03,666 ITS INTENTION OF BEING A WORLD 442 00:12:03,666 --> 00:12:04,433 CLASS CITY. 443 00:12:04,433 --> 00:12:05,400 IT'S NOT THE KIND OF COMMUNITY 444 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,433 THAT WE ALL WANT IT TO BE. 445 00:12:06,433 --> 00:12:07,333 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY 446 00:12:07,333 --> 00:12:08,266 FOR EVERYBODY. 447 00:12:08,266 --> 00:12:09,400 AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO REST ON 448 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:10,733 OUR LAURELS AND WE'RE NOT GOING 449 00:12:10,733 --> 00:12:11,833 TO STOP BUILDING UNTIL EVERYBODY 450 00:12:11,833 --> 00:12:13,133 IN THIS COMMUNITY HAS AN 451 00:12:13,133 --> 00:12:14,033 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SAFE, 452 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:14,700 DECENT, AFFORDABLE PLACE TO 453 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:16,366 LIVE. 454 00:12:16,366 --> 00:12:22,133 >> I STAYED DOWN IN BUCKINGHAM 455 00:12:22,133 --> 00:12:23,266 IN A TRAILER FOR 15 YEARS AND I 456 00:12:23,266 --> 00:12:24,466 HAD TO TAKE A 45-MINUTE DRIVE TO 457 00:12:24,466 --> 00:12:25,366 GET TO WORK AND IT IS SO MUCH 458 00:12:25,366 --> 00:12:30,233 BETTER BEING HERE. 459 00:12:30,233 --> 00:12:30,900 I CAN WALK TO WORK. 460 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:31,633 I CAN DRIVE TO WORK. 461 00:12:31,633 --> 00:12:32,733 I CAN CATCH THE BUS TO WORK. 462 00:12:32,733 --> 00:12:33,833 IT FELT LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE 463 00:12:33,833 --> 00:12:34,966 WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN THE DOOR. 464 00:12:34,966 --> 00:12:35,666 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, AND IT 465 00:12:35,666 --> 00:12:36,633 WAS BEAUTIFUL. 466 00:12:36,633 --> 00:12:38,800 >> DAN CAME TO ME WHILE 467 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,233 CONSTRUCTION WAS BEING DONE ON 468 00:12:41,233 --> 00:12:42,166 THE BUILDING AND HE ASKED ME 469 00:12:42,166 --> 00:12:42,833 WHAT SHOULD THE BUILDING BE 470 00:12:42,833 --> 00:12:44,633 CALLED? 471 00:12:44,633 --> 00:12:46,733 AND I TOLD HIM THE PROMISE 472 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:47,933 KEEPER BECAUSE HABITAT KEPT ITS 473 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:48,666 PROMISE TO THE SUNRISE TRAILER 474 00:12:48,666 --> 00:12:50,300 COURT PEOPLE. 475 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:55,400 >> YOU KNOW THEY GIVE YOU 476 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:56,166 ENCOURAGEMENT, THEY GIVE YOU 477 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:57,800 COURAGE. 478 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:58,800 AND THEY TEACH YOU NEW SKILLS 479 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,333 YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT 480 00:13:00,333 --> 00:13:01,433 THAT YOU WOULD LEARN WITH 481 00:13:01,433 --> 00:13:02,666 HABITAT SO IT'S A VERY GOOD 482 00:13:02,666 --> 00:13:07,066 EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH HABITAT. 483 00:13:07,066 --> 00:13:08,033 >> IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS BUT 484 00:13:08,033 --> 00:13:09,433 IT STILL IT BRINGS PRIDE AND 485 00:13:09,433 --> 00:13:11,800 HAPPINESS AND JUST THAT PRIDE 486 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:12,600 FACTOR. 487 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,466 YOU KNOW YOU FEEL PROUD OF 488 00:13:13,466 --> 00:13:26,766 YOURSELF THAT I HAVE SUCCEEDED. 489 00:13:17,966 --> 00:13:28,200 ♪ ♪ 490 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:29,200 >>> THIS IS JUPITER. 491 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,000 SHE HAS A LOVING CARETAKER WHO 492 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,466 PROVIDES HER WITH FOOD AND 493 00:13:31,466 --> 00:13:32,100 SHELTER AND THE FREEDOM TO 494 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:34,800 EXPLORE. 495 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,633 UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PARROTS ARE 496 00:13:36,633 --> 00:13:38,900 NOT SO LUCKY AND ARE FORCED TO 497 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:39,633 EXIST IN BLEAK AND LONELY LIVING 498 00:13:39,633 --> 00:13:42,833 CONDITIONS. 499 00:13:42,833 --> 00:13:45,633 JOIN US TODAY AS WE TALK WITH 500 00:13:45,633 --> 00:13:46,900 MATT SMITH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 501 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:48,233 AND FOUNDER OF PROJECT PERRY, 502 00:13:48,233 --> 00:13:51,066 THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA PARROT 503 00:13:51,066 --> 00:13:52,366 SANCTUARY, TO FIND OUT WHAT HE 504 00:13:52,366 --> 00:13:53,300 AND HIS ORGANIZATION ARE DOING 505 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:59,766 TO RESCUE BIRDS IN NEED. 506 00:13:59,766 --> 00:14:00,666 >> THIS IS A DOUBLE DOOR SETUP. 507 00:14:00,666 --> 00:14:06,066 WE COME IN THROUGH ONE DOOR, 508 00:14:06,066 --> 00:14:07,166 SHUT IT BEHIND US AND THEN YOU 509 00:14:07,166 --> 00:14:07,866 CAN OPEN UP A SECOND DOOR. AND 510 00:14:07,866 --> 00:14:09,633 THAT IS BECAUSE MOST OF THE 511 00:14:09,633 --> 00:14:10,466 PARROTS WE HAVE HERE ON THE 512 00:14:10,466 --> 00:14:11,766 SANCTUARY ARE FLIGHTED AND THEY 513 00:14:11,766 --> 00:14:12,666 COULD ESCAPE WITH A SINGLE DOOR 514 00:14:12,666 --> 00:14:13,766 SYSTEM, SO WE'RE VERY CAREFUL SO 515 00:14:13,766 --> 00:14:15,633 THAT WE HAVE NO ESCAPEES. 516 00:14:15,633 --> 00:14:19,266 >> OH, HO, HO. 517 00:14:19,266 --> 00:14:20,300 THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AVIARY. 518 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:22,033 SO THIS IS ONE OF FIVE, RIGHT? 519 00:14:22,033 --> 00:14:25,833 >> YEP, THIS IS THE AFRICAN GRAY 520 00:14:25,833 --> 00:14:26,566 AVIARY AND THIS IS FOR OUR 521 00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:28,000 FLIGHTED GROUP OF AFRICAN GRAYS 522 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:28,700 THERE'S 40 OF THEM WHO LIVE IN 523 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:29,000 HERE. 524 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:29,633 >> AND THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL 525 00:14:29,633 --> 00:14:30,933 PLANTS. 526 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:32,100 OH, I HEAR A WATERFALL. 527 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:34,333 OH, LOOK AT THIS. 528 00:14:34,333 --> 00:14:35,333 > I CREATED A WATERFALL SYSTEM 529 00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:36,533 IN HERE TO GIVE THEM THE 530 00:14:36,533 --> 00:14:38,266 ENRICHMENT OF FLOWING WATER. 531 00:14:38,266 --> 00:14:40,100 THEY CAN BATHE IN IT IF THEY 532 00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:41,166 WISH, IT JUST ALSO ADDS A 533 00:14:41,166 --> 00:14:41,866 CALMING ATMOSPHERE TO THE 534 00:14:41,866 --> 00:14:42,900 AVIARY. 535 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:45,233 >> OH, THIS IS GREAT. 536 00:14:45,233 --> 00:14:46,533 WELL, LET'S KEEP GOING. 537 00:14:46,533 --> 00:14:47,233 I HEAR BIRDS, I'M SEEING SOME 538 00:14:47,233 --> 00:14:48,366 BIRDS. 539 00:14:48,366 --> 00:14:49,166 >> IT'S LIKE WALKING THROUGH A 540 00:14:49,166 --> 00:14:52,666 MINIATURE FOREST. 541 00:14:52,666 --> 00:14:54,266 >> SO, MATT, WHAT INSPIRED YOU 542 00:14:54,266 --> 00:14:54,933 TO BUILD A SANCTUARY IN THE 543 00:14:54,933 --> 00:14:58,000 FIRST PLACE? 544 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,900 >> ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AFTER 545 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:00,866 COLLEGE I GOT INVOLVED IN 546 00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:01,600 PARROTS AS PETS JUST LIKE A LOT 547 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:05,866 OF PEOPLE DO. 548 00:15:05,866 --> 00:15:08,733 AND ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO I HAD A 549 00:15:08,733 --> 00:15:11,233 CONYER NAMED PERRY AND PERRY WAS 550 00:15:11,233 --> 00:15:17,600 A BLUE CROWNED CONYER, AND SHE 551 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:18,066 WAS VERY YOUNG. 552 00:15:18,066 --> 00:15:19,066 SHE BECAME ILL AT THAT YOUNG AGE 553 00:15:19,066 --> 00:15:20,200 AND SHE ENDED UP PASSING AWAY; 554 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,600 NOTHING I COULD DO AND THE 555 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:23,300 VETERINARY TEAM COULD DO COULD 556 00:15:23,300 --> 00:15:24,233 SAVE HER. 557 00:15:24,233 --> 00:15:26,133 AND THAT LED ME INTO THE WORLD 558 00:15:26,133 --> 00:15:26,933 OF RESCUE WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY I 559 00:15:26,933 --> 00:15:29,133 BEGAN VOLUNTEERING AT AN 560 00:15:29,133 --> 00:15:30,133 EXISTING RESCUE SANCTUARY 561 00:15:30,133 --> 00:15:35,100 ORGANIZATION IN MASSACHUSETTS. 562 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:35,833 IT WAS THEN THAT I BEGAN TO SEE 563 00:15:35,833 --> 00:15:37,833 ANOTHER SIDE OF PARROT 564 00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:39,466 OWNERSHIP; OF THE SIDE OF THE 565 00:15:39,466 --> 00:15:42,400 NEGLECTED, ABUSED, DISCARDED 566 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,233 THOSE KIND OF PARROTS THAT 567 00:15:44,233 --> 00:15:45,433 AREN'T SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A 568 00:15:45,433 --> 00:15:47,400 GREAT, PERMANENT LOVING HOME. 569 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:48,133 >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WORLD 570 00:15:48,133 --> 00:15:50,200 OF RESCUE. 571 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,133 WHY THE NEED FOR A SANCTUARY 572 00:15:51,133 --> 00:15:53,933 LIKE THIS? 573 00:15:53,933 --> 00:16:00,733 >> A LOT OF PARROTS OUT THERE 574 00:16:00,733 --> 00:16:01,433 ACTUALLY COME FROM REALLY BAD 575 00:16:01,433 --> 00:16:01,833 SITUATIONS. 576 00:16:01,833 --> 00:16:02,600 THEY'RE EITHER NEGLECTED OR 577 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:03,333 ABUSED, THEIR NEEDS ARENT' BEING 578 00:16:03,333 --> 00:16:03,933 MET. 579 00:16:03,933 --> 00:16:04,866 TWO OF THE BIGGEST NEEDS FOR 580 00:16:04,866 --> 00:16:06,233 PARROTS ARE FLIGHT AND FLOCK. 581 00:16:06,233 --> 00:16:07,600 AND THOSE ARE THE TWO VERY 582 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,366 THINGS THAT A LOT OF PARROTS 583 00:16:09,366 --> 00:16:12,300 JUST DON'T GET AS PETS. 584 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:15,466 THEY'RE KEPT IN A CAGE, OFTEN 585 00:16:15,466 --> 00:16:16,266 TIMES AS A SINGLE BIRD, AND FROM 586 00:16:16,266 --> 00:16:19,000 THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP ISSUES 587 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,100 THAT PREVENT THEM FROM BEING A 588 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:23,333 WELL-SOCIALIZED BIRD THAT 589 00:16:23,333 --> 00:16:25,566 THRIVES IN A HOME SETTING. 590 00:16:25,566 --> 00:16:26,766 THIS LEADS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO 591 00:16:26,766 --> 00:16:27,966 SURRENDERING A BIRD TO ANOTHER 592 00:16:27,966 --> 00:16:30,866 HOME OR AN ORGANIZATION. 593 00:16:30,866 --> 00:16:32,600 IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE'S 594 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,200 CRUELTY CASES FROM TIME TO TIME 595 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,433 WHICH PARROTS ARE INVOLVED IN. 596 00:16:36,433 --> 00:16:37,133 THIS CAN BE FROM BIRD MILLS OR 597 00:16:37,133 --> 00:16:38,666 HOARDING SITUATIONS. 598 00:16:38,666 --> 00:16:39,866 >> YEAH, SO TALK ABOUT BIRD 599 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:40,533 MILLS, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE 600 00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:42,200 THINK ABOUT THAT. 601 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,133 >> EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE 602 00:16:46,133 --> 00:16:47,200 CONCEPT OF A PUPPY MILL BUT 603 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:48,766 THERE'S ALSO PARROT MILLS AND 604 00:16:48,766 --> 00:16:51,533 THESE ARE PLACES THAT HAVE 605 00:16:51,533 --> 00:16:54,100 HUNDREDS, IF NOT A FEW THOUSAND 606 00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:56,633 BIRDS ON PREMISES, IN ROWS OF 607 00:16:56,633 --> 00:16:58,600 CAGES THAT ARE SIMPLY THERE TO 608 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,533 PRODUCE EGGS AND BABIES FOR THE 609 00:17:00,533 --> 00:17:03,033 PET TRADE, WHETHER THEY BE SOLD 610 00:17:03,033 --> 00:17:04,766 ONLINE, SHIPPED TO PET STORES TO 611 00:17:04,766 --> 00:17:06,333 BE SOLD OR SOLD DIRECTLY TO THE 612 00:17:06,333 --> 00:17:09,400 CONSUMER. 613 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,433 AND IT'S A LARGELY HIDDEN PART 614 00:17:12,433 --> 00:17:13,166 OF THE PARROT WORLD THAT PEOPLE 615 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:13,666 DON'T KNOW ABOUT. 616 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:16,566 >> RIGHT. 617 00:17:16,566 --> 00:17:17,500 >> IT'S THE ONE THING I TRY TO 618 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:18,166 DO IS EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO 619 00:17:18,166 --> 00:17:18,900 TEACH THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE 620 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:20,066 ISSUES. 621 00:17:20,066 --> 00:17:22,300 >> TALK ABOUT THE OTHER 622 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:23,033 AVIARIES, SO WHAT OTHER BIRDS DO 623 00:17:23,033 --> 00:17:25,200 YOU HAVE OUTSIDE? 624 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,466 >> TOTAL THERE'S 160 ON THE 625 00:17:27,466 --> 00:17:29,233 PROPERTY AND THAT'S MADE UP OF 626 00:17:29,233 --> 00:17:30,800 ABOUT 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF 627 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,933 AVIARY SPACE FOR THEM. 628 00:17:32,933 --> 00:17:35,766 >> THE MAJORITY ARE THE AFRICAN 629 00:17:35,766 --> 00:17:36,466 GRAYS, RIGHT? 630 00:17:36,466 --> 00:17:39,166 >> A THIRD OF OUR POPULATION ARE 631 00:17:39,166 --> 00:17:40,200 AFRICAN GRAYS. 632 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,100 THEY'VE BEEN HEAVILY MARKETED AS 633 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:41,766 YOUR, AS A GREAT PET TO HAVE 634 00:17:41,766 --> 00:17:44,700 WITH YOU. 635 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:46,233 AND THEY ARE VERY INTELLIGENT. 636 00:17:46,233 --> 00:17:49,333 THEY'VE BEEN PROVEN TO HAVE THE 637 00:17:49,333 --> 00:17:50,133 EMOTIONAL CAPACITY AND THE 638 00:17:50,133 --> 00:17:50,900 INTELLIGENCE OF A 3- TO 639 00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:54,000 5-YEAR-OLD HUMAN CHILD. 640 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,800 SO IT IS SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE. 641 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,500 SO AFRICAN GRAYS MAKE UP QUITE A 642 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:00,900 LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE 643 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:06,066 SURRENDER REQUESTS THAT WE DO 644 00:18:06,066 --> 00:18:07,600 RECEIVE FROM PEOPLE AND THE FACT 645 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,066 THAT WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN WILD 646 00:18:10,066 --> 00:18:13,033 CAUGHT EX-BREEDING AFRICAN GREYS 647 00:18:13,033 --> 00:18:14,233 THAT HAS LED US TO BUILD THESE 648 00:18:14,233 --> 00:18:15,833 AVIARIES LIKE THIS FOR AFRICAN 649 00:18:15,833 --> 00:18:17,133 GREYS WHERE THEY CAN LIVE MORE 650 00:18:17,133 --> 00:18:20,100 OF A NATURAL LIFE WITH EACH 651 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:21,033 OTHER AND NOT BE CONSTANTLY PUT 652 00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:21,733 IN THE FACE OF HUMANS IN TERMS 653 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:23,500 OF A PET. 654 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:24,833 >> SO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS 655 00:18:24,833 --> 00:18:27,233 TO BE A WILD CAUGHT BIRD. 656 00:18:27,233 --> 00:18:28,866 >> ONE OF THE UNIQUE AND SPECIAL 657 00:18:28,866 --> 00:18:30,133 THINGS ABOUT OUR SANCTUARY AND 658 00:18:30,133 --> 00:18:31,666 SOME OTHER SANCTUARIES THAT 659 00:18:31,666 --> 00:18:32,900 EXIST FOR PARROTS IS THAT 660 00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:34,666 THERE'S STILL A WILD CAUGHT 661 00:18:34,666 --> 00:18:36,833 POPULATION OF PARROTS IN THIS 662 00:18:36,833 --> 00:18:44,000 COUNTRY; MOSTLY BIRDS THAT 663 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:44,700 REMAIN IN BREEDING SITUATIONS, 664 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:45,100 NOT PETS. 665 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:45,866 ALMOST 50% OF PARROTS THAT LIVE 666 00:18:45,866 --> 00:18:46,500 HERE ON SANCTUARY ARE WILD 667 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:48,166 CAUGHT. 668 00:18:48,166 --> 00:18:49,000 WHAT THE ESSENTIALLY MEANS IS 669 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:49,666 THAT THEY WERE BORN IN THEIR 670 00:18:49,666 --> 00:18:52,266 NATIVE COUNTRIES. 671 00:18:52,266 --> 00:18:54,800 WHETHER IT BE AFRICAN GREYS 672 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,900 BEING FROM AFRICA, SOME OF THE 673 00:18:56,900 --> 00:19:01,166 MACAWS OR CONYERS FROM SOUTH 674 00:19:01,166 --> 00:19:03,500 AMERICA, AND WE'RE TALKING, 20, 675 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:04,666 30, 40 PLUS YEARS AGO THEY WERE 676 00:19:04,666 --> 00:19:06,833 CAPTURED IN THEIR NATIVE 677 00:19:06,833 --> 00:19:09,566 HOMELANDS ONLY TO BE PUT IN A 678 00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:11,733 SITUATION THAT WAS JUST 679 00:19:11,733 --> 00:19:14,233 ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC FOR THEM AND 680 00:19:14,233 --> 00:19:16,466 SO BEING ABLE TO TAKE IN BIRDS 681 00:19:16,466 --> 00:19:18,433 FROM BREEDING SITUATIONS OR 682 00:19:18,433 --> 00:19:19,700 CRUELTY CASES THAT HAVE THAT 683 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:21,200 HISTORY IS JUST ONE OF THE MOST 684 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,633 REWARDING THINGS ABOUT THIS WORK 685 00:19:22,633 --> 00:19:25,166 AND WHAT I DO. 686 00:19:25,166 --> 00:19:26,300 AND TO SEE THESE BIRDS ONCE 687 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:28,300 AGAIN BE ABLE TO FLY AROUND AND 688 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:29,066 HAVE FLOCK WITH EACH OTHER IS 689 00:19:29,066 --> 00:19:32,033 JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 690 00:19:32,033 --> 00:19:34,600 >> AND YOU HAVE TWO MACAWS 691 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,200 INSIDE THE HOUSE AND THEY HAVE 692 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,100 INTERESTING STORIES, ONE IS 693 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:38,833 MISSING SO MANY OF HIS FEATHERS 694 00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:39,466 AND THEY WON'T GROW BACK. 695 00:19:39,466 --> 00:19:40,433 TALK ABOUT THAT. 696 00:19:40,433 --> 00:19:42,000 >> HIS NAME IS TRENT. 697 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,633 HE'S A GREEN WINGED MACAW. 698 00:19:45,633 --> 00:19:46,966 HE COULD VERY WELL BE IN HIS 699 00:19:46,966 --> 00:19:48,300 FORTIES, FIFTIES, MAYBE EVEN 700 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:48,966 SIXTIES OR MORE, HE'S AN OLD 701 00:19:48,966 --> 00:19:55,066 GUY. 702 00:19:55,066 --> 00:19:55,766 AND BEING A WILD CAUGHT, WHAT 703 00:19:55,766 --> 00:20:03,633 THAT MEANS IS HE WAS BORN IN 704 00:20:03,633 --> 00:20:04,766 SOUTH AMERICA, TRAPPED, AND 705 00:20:04,766 --> 00:20:05,766 SHIPPED TO THIS COUNTRY, IN HIS 706 00:20:05,766 --> 00:20:06,466 CASE TO BECOME A BREEDER BIRD 707 00:20:06,466 --> 00:20:08,133 BEFORE COMING HERE. 708 00:20:08,133 --> 00:20:08,900 THAT'S THE AVERAGE STORY OF A 709 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:09,700 BREEDER BIRD THAT COMES HERE. 710 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:11,566 SO HE, HIS HEAD IS BALD BECAUSE 711 00:20:11,566 --> 00:20:12,366 WHEN HE WAS A BREEDER BIRD HIS 712 00:20:12,366 --> 00:20:13,300 MATE ACTUALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO 713 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:14,166 EXCEPT MATE, BREED AND PLUCK 714 00:20:14,166 --> 00:20:14,900 HERSELF AND PLUCK HIM AND THAT'S 715 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:15,833 WHY HIS HEAD IS BALD. 716 00:20:15,833 --> 00:20:17,133 >> AND HE LIKES PEOPLE OKAY, HE 717 00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:18,433 DOESN'T REALLY WANT YOU TO TALK 718 00:20:18,433 --> 00:20:19,733 TO HIM OR PET HIM BUT YOU CAN BE 719 00:20:19,733 --> 00:20:20,700 IN THE ROOM WITH HIM BUT HE'LL 720 00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:21,800 TAKE OR LEAVE YOU, RIGHT? 721 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,100 >> WHICH IS AMAZING BECAUSE WHEN 722 00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:23,800 HE FIRST CAME HE WAS SO AFRAID 723 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,800 OF PEOPLE. 724 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,800 AND HE WAVES NOW, HE TALKS, YOU 725 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:31,933 KNOW HE MIMICS WHAT VOLUNTEERS 726 00:20:31,933 --> 00:20:32,633 AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO 727 00:20:32,633 --> 00:20:34,266 HIM IN THERE. 728 00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:36,133 AND WHILE HE'S STILL NOT A 729 00:20:36,133 --> 00:20:39,000 HANDS-ON BIRD HE REALLY DOES 730 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,633 ENJOY WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON 731 00:20:40,633 --> 00:20:41,333 IN THE HOUSE SO HE'S, HE'S AN 732 00:20:41,333 --> 00:20:43,633 AMAZING STORY. 733 00:20:43,633 --> 00:20:46,166 >> SO, OKAY, SO HOW DO YOU AND 734 00:20:46,166 --> 00:20:46,833 YOUR STAFF TAKE CARE OF 160 735 00:20:46,833 --> 00:20:47,466 BIRDS? 736 00:20:47,466 --> 00:20:49,300 HOW DOES THAT WORK? 737 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:51,100 THERE MUST BE A DAILY ROUTINE. 738 00:20:51,100 --> 00:20:52,633 >> THERE'S A DAILY ROUTINE AND 739 00:20:52,633 --> 00:20:54,666 WE HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF THINGS 740 00:20:54,666 --> 00:20:56,633 EVERY SINGLE DAY IN ORDER TO 741 00:20:56,633 --> 00:20:57,466 MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SANCTUARY, 742 00:20:57,466 --> 00:21:00,633 OF THE RESIDENTS. 743 00:21:00,633 --> 00:21:02,100 I CUT UP FRESH FRUITS AND 744 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:04,533 VEGGIES, A BIG BOWL OF IT EVERY 745 00:21:04,533 --> 00:21:07,833 MORNING AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND 746 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:08,566 STAFF COME IN AT 9:00 AND THEN 747 00:21:08,566 --> 00:21:09,733 THEY START WITH THE CLEANING 748 00:21:09,733 --> 00:21:12,466 PROCESS OF THE ROOMS, THE CAGES, 749 00:21:12,466 --> 00:21:13,766 FRESH NEWSPAPER IN SOME OF THE 750 00:21:13,766 --> 00:21:14,500 CAGES IN THE HOUSE, MOPPING AND 751 00:21:14,500 --> 00:21:18,700 SCRUBBING THOSE FLOORS. 752 00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:21,200 AND THEN WE CLEAN THE FOOD BOWLS 753 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,800 EVERY DAY, GIVE THEM FRESH WATER 754 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,833 AND FRESH FOOD AND THAT PRETTY 755 00:21:26,833 --> 00:21:27,533 MUCH TAKES CARE OF OUR GENERAL 756 00:21:27,533 --> 00:21:31,866 MORNING ROUTINE. 757 00:21:31,866 --> 00:21:32,700 BY THE END OF THE DAY IT'S ALL 758 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:33,433 DESTROYED. 759 00:21:33,433 --> 00:21:34,366 >> YEAH, YEAH! 760 00:21:34,366 --> 00:21:35,100 >> AND THE NEXT MORNING WE START 761 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:36,266 IT OVER AGAIN. 762 00:21:36,266 --> 00:21:38,066 SO IT'S A MATTER OF JUST KEEPING 763 00:21:38,066 --> 00:21:39,666 ON TOP OF THAT SCHEDULE, THAT 764 00:21:39,666 --> 00:21:43,933 ROUTINE, STAYING ON TOP OF THE 765 00:21:43,933 --> 00:21:44,833 CLEANLINESS AND CARE AND THAT 766 00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:45,666 HELPS KEEP THINGS, MAINTAINS 767 00:21:45,666 --> 00:21:47,033 THINGS THE WAY THEY SHOULD. 768 00:21:47,033 --> 00:21:48,133 >> WELL, AND THE SANCTUARY IS 769 00:21:48,133 --> 00:21:48,866 ACCREDITED. 770 00:21:48,866 --> 00:22:01,133 EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS. 771 00:22:01,133 --> 00:22:01,866 >> WE ARE DOUBLE ACCREDITED, WE 772 00:22:01,866 --> 00:22:02,566 ARE ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN 773 00:22:02,566 --> 00:22:03,266 SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION AND THE 774 00:22:03,266 --> 00:22:05,666 GLOBAL FEDERATION OF ANIMAL 775 00:22:05,666 --> 00:22:06,533 SANCTUARIES. 776 00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:07,300 THEY REVIEW YOU ON PAPER, THEY 777 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:08,466 REVIEW YOUR STANDARDS OF CARE, 778 00:22:08,466 --> 00:22:09,333 YOUR FACILITIES, YOUR 779 00:22:09,333 --> 00:22:09,933 ENVIRONMENTS. 780 00:22:09,933 --> 00:22:14,400 >> RIGHT. 781 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,033 >> YOUR VETERINARY CARE. 782 00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:15,800 IT IS A VERY GRUELING AND 783 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:16,533 DETAILED PROCESS AND ONCE YOU'VE 784 00:22:16,533 --> 00:22:17,300 GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND 785 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:18,033 THEY GIVE YOU THE THUMBS UP YOU 786 00:22:18,033 --> 00:22:18,800 GET ACCREDITATION. 787 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:19,700 IT'S JUST THAT EXTRA STEP THAT 788 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:20,466 WE WENT TO ASSURE PEOPLE THAT WE 789 00:22:20,466 --> 00:22:21,166 ARE DOING THINGS ETHICALLY IN 790 00:22:21,166 --> 00:22:23,133 THE BEST WAY WE CAN. 791 00:22:23,133 --> 00:22:24,566 >> SO, OKAY, YOU HAVE 160 BIRDS 792 00:22:24,566 --> 00:22:27,433 AND I HAVE HEARD THAT YOU KNOW 793 00:22:27,433 --> 00:22:28,666 THE NAMES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 794 00:22:28,666 --> 00:22:29,633 THE SMALL BIRDS, YOU KNOW THE 795 00:22:29,633 --> 00:22:31,733 NAMES OF ALL THE BIRDS. 796 00:22:31,733 --> 00:22:32,566 >> YES, ME AND MOST OF THE STAFF 797 00:22:32,566 --> 00:22:34,133 AND VOLUNTEERS HERE. 798 00:22:34,133 --> 00:22:41,133 THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN 799 00:22:41,133 --> 00:22:41,800 DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS AND THE 800 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:42,566 CHARACTERISTICS. 801 00:22:42,566 --> 00:22:43,266 FOR EXAMPLE, SAMMY, UP HERE, I 802 00:22:43,266 --> 00:22:46,433 KNOW HIM BECAUSE OF HIS PLUCKING 803 00:22:46,433 --> 00:22:48,066 PATTERN. 804 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:49,266 AND THE FACT THAT HE TALKS. 805 00:22:49,266 --> 00:22:49,766 >> [LAUGHS] YEAH. 806 00:22:49,766 --> 00:22:51,866 >> HE TALKS LIKE THAT. 807 00:22:51,866 --> 00:22:53,333 EACH ONE OF THEM JUST HAS A 808 00:22:53,333 --> 00:22:54,700 DIFFERENT LOOK OR BEHAVIOR TO 809 00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:57,033 THEM THAT TELLS ME WHO THEY ARE. 810 00:22:57,033 --> 00:23:00,200 >> MAX LIKES TO STAY WITH YOU. 811 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:04,166 >> MAX. 812 00:23:04,166 --> 00:23:06,466 >> MOODY MAX. 813 00:23:06,466 --> 00:23:07,200 >> HE'S EASY TO PICK OUT BECAUSE 814 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,066 HE HAS A LOOK TO HIM. 815 00:23:08,066 --> 00:23:08,800 AND WHEN YOU SPEND EVERY DAY 816 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:09,500 WITH THEM YOU CAN USUALLY LOOK 817 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:10,200 AT A BIRD AND KNOW RIGHT AWAY 818 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:15,100 WHO THEY ARE BECAUSE OF A LOOK. 819 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:16,033 AND HE HAS THIS INTENT, FOCUSED 820 00:23:16,033 --> 00:23:16,666 LOOK THAT HE GIVES PEOPLE. 821 00:23:16,666 --> 00:23:17,600 >> YEAH. 822 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:18,666 >> AND SOMETIMES IT'S A FRIENDLY 823 00:23:18,666 --> 00:23:19,400 THING AND SOMETIMES IT'S A VERY 824 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,733 NAUGHTY THING. 825 00:23:22,733 --> 00:23:24,133 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT LED HIM 826 00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:25,933 TO RESCUE. 827 00:23:25,933 --> 00:23:28,033 HE'S GOTTEN BETTER IN HERE, 828 00:23:28,033 --> 00:23:31,300 BECAUSE HE HAS MORE EXERCISE AND 829 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:32,333 HE'S HAPPIER IN HERE BUT EVERY 830 00:23:32,333 --> 00:23:33,066 ONCE IN A WHILE THAT AGGRESSION 831 00:23:33,066 --> 00:23:36,066 ISSUE DOES COME OUT. 832 00:23:36,066 --> 00:23:37,566 >> IF YOU COULD CLOSE WITH A BIT 833 00:23:37,566 --> 00:23:47,433 OF ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 834 00:23:47,433 --> 00:23:48,100 INTERESTED IN GETTING BIRDS, 835 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:48,766 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? 836 00:23:48,766 --> 00:23:49,566 >> I WOULD RECOMMEND A LOT OF 837 00:23:49,566 --> 00:23:50,300 RESEARCH GOING INTO PARROT 838 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:51,000 OWNERSHIP BEFORE YOU JUMP INTO 839 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:51,766 IT. 840 00:23:51,766 --> 00:23:52,533 MOST OF THE FAILED PARROT 841 00:23:52,533 --> 00:23:53,533 OWNERSHIPS HAVE COME FROM PEOPLE 842 00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:54,200 WHO HAVE NOT DONE THEIR FULL 843 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,333 RESEARCH. 844 00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:57,466 THEY'VE MAYBE GONE INTO A PET 845 00:23:57,466 --> 00:23:59,933 STORE, SEEN A REALLY CUTE, 846 00:23:59,933 --> 00:24:02,133 CUDDLY BABY BUT GETTING ONE 847 00:24:02,133 --> 00:24:03,333 IMPULSIVELY OFTEN LEADS TO 848 00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:05,266 DISASTER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 849 00:24:05,266 --> 00:24:08,533 FULLY PREPARED FOR THEIR 850 00:24:08,533 --> 00:24:09,566 LONGEVITY, THE DESTRUCTION THAT 851 00:24:09,566 --> 00:24:10,866 THEY MIGHT CAUSE TO YOUR HOUSE, 852 00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:12,333 THE LOUD VOCALIZATIONS. 853 00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:14,266 THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES 854 00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:15,933 THAT DO NOT MAKE THEM SUITABLE 855 00:24:15,933 --> 00:24:20,800 AS PETS FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON. 856 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,000 AND YOU CAN SPEND TIME HERE AT 857 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,100 THE SANCTUARY AS A VOLUNTEER TO 858 00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:25,900 SEE REALLY WHAT IT IS THAT 859 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:28,066 YOU'RE GETTING INTO. 860 00:24:28,066 --> 00:24:29,266 TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE 861 00:24:29,266 --> 00:24:31,133 VOCALIZATIONS, SEE SOME OF THE 862 00:24:31,133 --> 00:24:32,500 DESTRUCTION, EVEN SOME OF THE 863 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:33,566 DESTRUCTION IN THAT HOUSE, SOME 864 00:24:33,566 --> 00:24:34,200 OF THE TRIM CHEWING, FLOOR 865 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:34,533 CHEWING 866 00:24:34,533 --> 00:24:36,566 >> YEAH. 867 00:24:36,566 --> 00:24:39,766 >> YOU GET TO REALLY SEE THESE 868 00:24:39,766 --> 00:24:41,400 THINGS AND THEN MAKE A DECISION, 869 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:42,133 CAN YOU REALLY CARE FOR A PARROT 870 00:24:42,133 --> 00:24:43,466 FOR ITS LIFE? 871 00:24:43,466 --> 00:24:45,566 AND THEN IF THE ANSWER IS YES, 872 00:24:45,566 --> 00:24:47,600 THEN WE ALWAYS STEER PEOPLE 873 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,700 TOWARDS ADOPTING A PARROT VERSUS 874 00:24:48,700 --> 00:24:49,966 BUYING A PARROT BECAUSE THERE'S 875 00:24:49,966 --> 00:24:52,333 SO MANY BIRDS OUT THERE THAT 876 00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:54,200 NEED NEW HOMES AND A LOT OF 877 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,600 THESE BIRDS ARE JUST GREAT, 878 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,300 WELL-ADJUSTED BIRDS WHAT WOULD 879 00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:00,400 DO OKAY IN THE RIGHT HOME. 880 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,233 ANOTHER REASON WE HAVE PEOPLE 881 00:25:02,233 --> 00:25:04,033 VISIT HERE TO LEARN ABOUT 882 00:25:04,033 --> 00:25:06,100 PARROTS AS PETS IS THAT THEY CAN 883 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:06,833 SEE SOME OF THE AVIARIES OR BIRD 884 00:25:06,833 --> 00:25:09,033 ROOMS THAT WE'VE DONE TO SHOW 885 00:25:09,033 --> 00:25:09,766 PEOPLE THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT 886 00:25:09,766 --> 00:25:10,533 WAY TO KEEP PARROTS AS PETS. 887 00:25:10,533 --> 00:25:12,200 >> YEAH, THEY -- 888 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:17,433 >> IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE 889 00:25:17,433 --> 00:25:18,433 A CAGE WITH THE BIRD IN IT WHILE 890 00:25:18,433 --> 00:25:19,400 YOU LEAVE DURING THE DAY AND 891 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,866 LEAVE THAT BIRD ALONE AND SO YOU 892 00:25:20,866 --> 00:25:21,633 CAN DO A BIRD ROOM WITH OTHER 893 00:25:21,633 --> 00:25:22,100 BIRDS AROUND. 894 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:23,300 >> YEAH. 895 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:24,666 >> SO THEY ALWAYS HAVE 896 00:25:24,666 --> 00:25:26,933 COMPANIONSHIP OF ANOTHER BIRD. 897 00:25:26,933 --> 00:25:28,533 AND THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS 898 00:25:28,533 --> 00:25:32,166 TEND TO WORK OUT MUCH BETTER 899 00:25:32,166 --> 00:25:33,733 THAN A SINGLE PARROT IN A CAGE. 900 00:25:33,733 --> 00:25:34,633 AND SO WE TRY TO PREPARE PEOPLE 901 00:25:34,633 --> 00:25:35,666 TO THINK OUTSIDE THE CAGE IN 902 00:25:35,666 --> 00:25:37,666 TERMS OF BETTER PARROT 903 00:25:37,666 --> 00:25:39,000 COMPANIONSHIP. 904 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,066 >> YEAH. THAT IS GREAT. 905 00:25:40,066 --> 00:25:46,700 MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 906 00:25:41,533 --> 00:25:50,233 >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. 907 00:25:50,233 --> 00:25:52,800 >>> THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. 908 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,400 FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI ALLARD. 909 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,300 JOIN US NEXT TIME ON 910 00:25:58,033 --> 00:26:24,766 CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT. 911 00:26:24,766 --> 00:26:26,400 THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE 912 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,500 POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART TO THE 913 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:29,466 PATRONS OF "CHARLOTTESVILLE 914 00:26:29,466 --> 00:26:30,800 INSIDE-OUT" COMMITTED TO 915 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,533 EXPLORING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND 916 00:26:32,533 --> 00:26:34,133 QUALITY OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY 917 00:26:34,133 --> 00:26:38,800 DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 918 00:26:34,833 --> 00:26:38,800 SURROUNDINGS.