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Envisions for the Future...

      Over our spring break, I took time looking over the questions we as a present group were wanting to ask. Refining any if needed, also thinking about WHO we wanted to make sure we scheduled interviews with; like a need to go too. As a group we have compiled a nice list, and the next steps were finding help on using the audio equipment. Yes, I have some familiarity with the equipment from last semester, but it's a lot to undertake. So I reached out to the audio expert Adam D, to see if we could schedule time to meet with him and have a learning session. Luckily he will be attending the class this week, so bonus for us in the present group.
       The next steps I see for our project, is going out in Hollins Market and scheduling the interviews we as group think will be beneficial to the project. I'm excited for the next steps, because it's going out and doing my favorite part for any project like this; which is talk to individuals in the community.  To learn detailed history for a certain areas, by word of mouth is more engaging then reading literature (I feel at least). We are planning on pitching our idea to past Baltimore Traces students/ alumni, to get their input into what we have planned.  We did a process similar like this with our "Learning from Lexington" project, which was extremely helpful, because we were able to figure out what may or may not work well. After this weeks class, we will plan the future endeavors we have to finishing out project. The rich history we are uncovering and plan on sharing with the community of Hollins Market, is truly fascinating.

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