All those who share the goal of keeping it local, connected, thoughtful, and kind to the earth.
Al and Jane Gunsbury, for being my mom and dad. quarterdeckresort.com
Catherine, my steadfast, brilliant and beautiful wife.
John and Ellen Lindeman, our parents, for their sage advice.
John and Liam, my sons, for their continuous excitement and thrill in my thrill.
The neighbors of ECCO for welcoming 60 new friends to the ‘hood. eastcalhoun.org
Ed and Zoe Perez, for giving us lots of “credit” and helping us laugh laugh laugh.
Annika and Thomas Rickne for a lifetime of friendship and the gift of Solhem.
Spencer Finseth and Glenn McGary, for saying yes to my no and no to my yes, and for your intelligence and laser focus on quality construction and fiscal prudence. greinerconstruction.biz
Mariana Quiroga (smiling low voltage and marketing goddess), Sean McCauley (um, Sean, could you please explain NPV again?), David Hudson (king of good humor), Bill Cunningham (capital captain), Diemer Smith (generous and true), Al Ernst (Basho), Eric Osmundson and Eric Wilson (the smart ones are always last!) and the kind spouses who support them.
My “thought partner” buddies Dave Wilson, Dave Sampsell, Johnny Walker, Mayor Mark Dwyer, and Mumbai Craig.
Gary Tushie, Gary Fischer, and Jesse Hamer, for putting up with a rookie while delivering timely and thoughtful design. tmiarchitects.com
Mark Burgess and Paul Udris for teaching me the power of restraint in design. uplusb.com
Martha, “choose one white,” Dayton for her simple and decisive interiors advice.
Kurt Dayton, who taught me how to do brodies on the snowmobile in elementary school, and real estate financing as an adult. mmarealtycapital.com
Lucia Watson, for her good will and timely advice. lucias.com
Jim Link, you ridiculously funny think tank meister, who will always have a “home, in the heart of Uptown.” idea-link.com
Sarah Klein, for her ability to keep all the plates spinning in the air.
Elizabeth Larsen, friend and writer extraordinaire, who really says it just so.
Ivan Stegic, lord of lightning fast web development, who can also hold his own with a pint or two. tenseveninteractive.com
Eddie Hofmeister, for her carefully layered attention to detail and painstakingly simple “little black dress” design aesthetic. hofmeister-design.com
WACSO, walking around checking stuff out and weaving our community together with groovy lines and color. http://web.mac.com/rburnham/WACSO/WACSO.html
Del Relopez, Dave Ramstad, Vicki Chilstrom, the rest of the HUD team, and the AFL-CIO, without whom this project would have never survived the financial meltdown of September, 2008.
Amos, Travis, Levi, Neil, Brian, Sean, Aaron, and all the crew who helped build Solhem Uptown.
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