The low-down on NOMAD

So what’s up with NOMAD?  Man have we made progress!

You last heard about NOMAD and our adventure at SF Soup only two months ago. April seems like a faint memory at this point. On the eve of our first fundraising event at The Ramp, we have made leaps and bounds as NOMADgardens is close to realization.

Let's take a moment to rewind and reflect. What have we been working on?

Meetings

In May, NOMADgardens won over "The Agency" ie. the SF Redevelopment Agency with a stellar presentation. From there we set our focus on inspiring the Mission Bay Citizens Advisory Council in June. We were happily surprised by a large presence of gardeners at the meeting. Their advice from within the community was informative and positive. They warned us that our little project might be far more popular than we first thought.

Next month we look forward to presenting our project to the San Francisco Urban Agricultural Alliance at their next meeting to help foster connections within the urban ag community.

Want to join in on the fun? Attend one of our own brainstorming meetings at the SF HUB every 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening of the month. Check out nomadgardens.org for more info.

Fundraising

NOMADgardens entered into the GOODMakers Challenge, an award competition sponsored by GOOD Magazine with a prize of $5,000. To enter the competition we created a short video explaining our project. The filming was a fun but challenging process. We have far to go before we will win any film awards but we learned some valuable lessons that will help us with our next cinematic campaign. We also made important advances in securing funding. Although details are not yet finalized we hope to share more good news in the near future, so stay tuned! We also are widely excited about hosting our first public fundraiser June 27th at The Ramp Restaurant. We hope to share a lively evening with friends and family on the edge of the SF Bay. Keep a look out for a report of the event.

Marketing and PR

Our website is live thanks to Ian Wilson! Check it out at nomadgardens.org. Gone are the days of splash pages, we have matured. Please share the link with your friends and check back often as we will continue to add content. 

June 27th we are launching our first NOMAD gear. T-Shirts for all! Here is a preview. Thanks to the guys at Selfless Tee for making it possible.

You also might come across a NOMAD business card or flyer as we have ramped up our marketing efforts to help spread the word. We are also on Twitter. Follow us!

As you can see we have been hard at work. Our goal of opening our initial 30 plots in August is fast approaching. Before then we must launch our Kickstarter campaign and rally support. Please help us! With all the progress we have made in the past two months, two more months although daunting seems totally possible. Keep on gardening!

 -h.nomad