hi, friends.<br><br>things at sopo have been on the massive up and up since bikebike!, so thanks to y&#39;all for making us take off our training wheels (haha?).&nbsp; anyhow, we&#39;ve made it to the site visit round in the grant application process for the 
<a href="http://www.fundforsouth.org/">fund for southern communities</a>.&nbsp; i pitched sopo this way:<br>we&#39;re a group of young people, students, and low income folks harmed by an environmental/transportation injustice, and we&#39;re organizing to create institutional change by building a community and constituency of people who are making alt. transportation accessible to ourselves and beyond by operating a community bicycle repair shop... which leads into changing material culture and affecting landuse policy.&nbsp; got all that?
<br><br>so the idea is to have a really high turn out during the visit (which is happening during regularly scheduled shop hours), including all of our young folks, and hopefully one of our politician friends.<br><br>what i&#39;d like to know is..
<br>is there anything special we should do to prepare?&nbsp; am i allowed to post on our email list or on myspace that this is happening?&nbsp; is this the kind of thing you write a press release about?&nbsp; how do i handle communication about it?&nbsp; how do we get the word out in a professional kind of way?
<br><br>thanks!<br>rachael<br>