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Part II. PRODUCT PROPOSAL Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse Project ? 1.Name of Project/Property: NHL Predevelopment Projects: 6826 Chamberlain Court Property Address: X Nat. Reg. Listed University CitySt. Louis ? City: County: Not Listed 2.Project Type: (check one) X Planning X Outreach ____Predevelopment ____Other 3.Property Condition (Predevelopment Projects): 4.Project Description/Scope of Work: (Also include Project Benefits for Planning/Outreach Projects): With this grant application we are requesting funds that will allow us to formalize a plan for the future of the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse and also educate people about the history of this building, and how the families who lived there impacted not only University City but the greater community. We plan to do a Strategic and Interpretive Charette with Michael Bouman, the Executive Director of the Missouri Humanities Council, and other consultants he will bring into the project. As detailed on the Missouri Humanities Council website (http://www.mohumanities.org/programs/cultural/charettes.htm), the objective of this charette will be “to involve people in “thinking outside the box” so that they can tap new creative energy and adopt practices that spell success.” There is a chance that the outcome of this charette will be to help focus, slightly change, or redirect the specific of the vision for the farmhouse reached by the Board of Directors. In this charette we plan to call upon the professional expertise of our Board member, Esley Hamilton, who serves as the Historian in the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation. Mr. Hamilton will assist us in presenting the history of the building to present to those taking part in the charette, and to work with the group as it refines its thinking and focus. Shelley Welsch will offer her services for the marketing and organization of the charette community event. Mr. Hamilton will also work with the Board of Directors to document the outcomes of the charette, so that the Board can finalize a long-term strategic plan for their work. With funds from this grant we also plan to produce a brochure that will be mailed to every home and residence in University City (about 16,000 brochures will be mailed.) On the brochure, we will work with Mr. Hamilton again – on writing and layout, and with Creda Stewart who has extensive experience in the communications field, and with Shelley Welsch, who also has extensive experience in writing and production. This brochure is conceived as an awareness-building piece, the goal of which is to make more University City residents aware of the existence of this building within the city, and its history. The focus will be on the history of the farmhouse and the families who lived there – the Sutters and the Meyers, because we know the long term support for our project will come from people when they have some real knowledge of the building we hope to protect. K-1-c September 24, 2007