Showing posts with label Abbott Square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abbott Square. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 01, 2017

The Seven Emotional Stages of Opening a Major Project

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1. Plan. Meet with stakeholders, staff, partners. Dream. Sketch. Pick dates as if you had any control over the concrete. Schedule. Sell. ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Why We Moved the Abbott Square Opening - A Mistake, a Tough Call, & a Pivot: Introducing Abbott Square, Bonus Post

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Excited to open... but not quite yet. This is the eleventh in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Ask Me Anything about our Expansion... and Enjoy All the Posts in the Abbott Square Series

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We’re just weeks away from opening  Abbott Square  to the public here in Santa Cruz, CA. Over the past ten weeks, I’ve written about some ...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

What's More Inclusive: Food or Art? Introducing Abbott Square, Part 10

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This is the tenth in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )'s development of  Abbott Square , a new...
Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Think Like a (Real Estate) Developer: Introducing Abbott Square, Part 9

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This is the ninth in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )'s development of  Abbott Square , a new...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

From Mine to Ours - Sharing Ownership of Our Expansion: Introducing Abbott Square, Part 8

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MAH staffer Sandino Gomez extolls the virtues of Abbott Square. This is the eighth in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Ar...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Introducing Abbott Square Part 7: How Getting Sued Ruined My Vacation and Taught Me about Stress

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This is the seventh in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )'s development of  Abbott Square , a new...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Introducing Abbott Square Part 6: Two Prioritization Techniques We Used to Negotiate a Great Lease

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This is the sixth in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )'s development of  Abbott Square , a new c...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Introducing Abbott Square Part 5: What a Board is For

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This is the fifth in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ( MAH )'s development of  Abbott Square , a new...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Introducing Abbott Square Part 4: The Most Important Question to Ask in a Capital Campaign

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This is the fourth in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of  Abbott Square , a new ...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Introducing Abbott Square Part 3: Community Participation Builds a Community Plaza

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This is the third in a  series of posts  on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of  Abbott Square , a new cre...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Introducing Abbott Square Part 2: Why We're Expanding in Public Space - and Why You Should Consider It Too

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This is the second installation in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Squa...
Monday, March 06, 2017

Introducing Abbott Square: A Multi-Part Series on the MAH's Expansion into Creative Public Space

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I love the sound of jackhammers in the morning. My organization, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History  (MAH), is in the home stret...