In my last post I talked about doing a field or possibly putting down a material in the lower lot. After an informative meeting with Libby, we found that doing either of those would take a lot of time and funds, as well as coordinating with Twin Buttes and would possibly be not worthwhile. Instead we came up with the idea to transform the west building amphitheater into a more beautiful space. Some of the ways will be: creating better and more seating, pulling weeds, making the ground level and putting in decorations.
Bellow are a couple before pictures, I took a lot of pictures before so that we can have something to compare to when we finish here are a couple of them. Some of the big things we learned this week are: that we had to move a lot of snow to get down to the dirt, we need to dig about 6 inches down to dig out the pipe, and that we will need a lot of gravel. When we first walked out there there was a ton of snow covering up where we need to be working. We have spent about 2 and a half hours clearing the snow and moving it to a spot that it will get melted. This a long and tiring process that has exhausted all so that we can have a dry space to work. Also after digging out the snow and seeing the pipe we need to dig down about 6 inches to completely uncover all the mud that is in it. Last to level out the area we will need a huge load of gravel. Because the school has a budget that needs to be spent this year we will also be putting gravel in other places around campus. Since were doing this extra work this gets rid of the need to do fundraising.
We have accomplished creating a successful plan that has been approved by Christine, Sean, Dom, and Libby. Also by working hard now, and moving the snow out of the way we will have dry ground to work with later. Also another piece we have accomplished is knowing that we can dig down and put an extension pipe in. Also that we can have gravel delivered. The main challenge we have faced is the mud outside as I talked about before we are trying to eliminate that by getting rid of the snow. Also the other challenge will be that digging a trench in the dirt/mud will be a very exhausting task.
Our next step is finishing getting rid of the snow and starting to dig out the pipe so we know what kind of pipe to buy for the extension one. I think if all goes next week we will be able to dig out the trench and order the pipe. If we finished the digging and are waiting for the pipe to arrive we will start working on the seating and digging out spots for the new seating.
Bellow are a couple before pictures, I took a lot of pictures before so that we can have something to compare to when we finish here are a couple of them. Some of the big things we learned this week are: that we had to move a lot of snow to get down to the dirt, we need to dig about 6 inches down to dig out the pipe, and that we will need a lot of gravel. When we first walked out there there was a ton of snow covering up where we need to be working. We have spent about 2 and a half hours clearing the snow and moving it to a spot that it will get melted. This a long and tiring process that has exhausted all so that we can have a dry space to work. Also after digging out the snow and seeing the pipe we need to dig down about 6 inches to completely uncover all the mud that is in it. Last to level out the area we will need a huge load of gravel. Because the school has a budget that needs to be spent this year we will also be putting gravel in other places around campus. Since were doing this extra work this gets rid of the need to do fundraising.
We have accomplished creating a successful plan that has been approved by Christine, Sean, Dom, and Libby. Also by working hard now, and moving the snow out of the way we will have dry ground to work with later. Also another piece we have accomplished is knowing that we can dig down and put an extension pipe in. Also that we can have gravel delivered. The main challenge we have faced is the mud outside as I talked about before we are trying to eliminate that by getting rid of the snow. Also the other challenge will be that digging a trench in the dirt/mud will be a very exhausting task.
Our next step is finishing getting rid of the snow and starting to dig out the pipe so we know what kind of pipe to buy for the extension one. I think if all goes next week we will be able to dig out the trench and order the pipe. If we finished the digging and are waiting for the pipe to arrive we will start working on the seating and digging out spots for the new seating.