The Village Builder is publication that serves as an advertisement, a souvenir, and most importantly a guidebook for the Village Building Convergence. Its goal is to give the reader all that they need to get the most out of the VBC experience.

Village Builder Publication information asked of VBC sites/ site contacts from previous years.

1. What is the location of the site (ie SE 30th & Hawthorne)?
2. What is the name of the group/ business school/ etc? (ie, Portland Hostel, PSU, Tryon Life Farm, etc…)
3. What is the name of the project? (ie, Cob Bench, Cobzeebo, Sauna, Intersection Repair, Cob monster, etc…)
4. What year was the site worked on?
5. What was done during VBC? Was the project finished that year?
6. What has been done SINCE that year’s VBC “officially” ended?
7. What still needs to be done? And/or what needs to be done regularly. (ie, intersections repainted each year…)
8. What, if anything, could you use help with…and/or
9. What, if anything, do you have to offer?
10. How can someone best enjoy your project? (this is mostly for sites not obvious enough- ie, a public bench is direct, but some sites might require coming at a specific time…)
11. Is there a phone number, email, web site or other contact mode for more info on your site?
12. Please submit AT LEAST one image of or representing the site…ideally more than one, preferably a “before” and “after” image.
13. Please submit any photos or other images related to the site or VBC that you’d just like to share…
14. Please submit any stories, anecdotes, quotes, reading or viewing suggestions…
15. Please submit any and all names of people who are important to site for the “Thank you” page. (Early is better, but keep adding up until deadline.)
16. What else would you like to share?

We also would like help creating relationships with businesses in your area. (Which may include selling ads for the Builder…)

An electronic document version of this will be gladly emailed to those who request it by emailing villagebuilder@cityrepair.org.

Questions, comments, concerns and suggestions may also be made via villagebuilder@cityrepair.org , or placed in the Village Builder Publication mailbox at City Repair HQ.

The original deadline was April 10-contact us for updates and extensions…