I voted this morning for American Express' Partners in Preservation Chicago Initiative where they'll be giving out $1 million to projects in the Chicagoland area. You are allowed to vote once a day, but for only place. I have four I'm really interested in, but now have only been voting for my hometown Spring Grove Fish Hatchery.
One of the others is in nearby McHenry, the Petersen Historical Farmstead. The other two are in Lincoln Highway towns: the Viking ship in Geneva and the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic from the Civil War) Hall in Aurora.
Of course, all 25 nominated sites are worthy, but not everyone will get all the money they're hoping for. The first place vote-getter is guaranteed their request. Ever since the beginning of voting, that has been the Leong Merchant Building in Chicago's Chinatown which has 15% of the vote. These folks are mighty organized. Second place is Chicago's Von Stuebben High School with 12%.
The voting for my favorites:
#3 Viking ship with 9%
#7 GAR Hall with 4%
#12 Spring Grove Fish Hatchery with 3%-- that's up from #19 last Sunday.
#22 Petersen Historical Farmstead with 1%
You can vote once a day until October 10th at http://www.partnersinpreservation.com/
Vote Fishy if You Can. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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