[Communications] Postponement of CCGA Spring Conference, March 21, 2020

[Swanson, Matthew]

Thank you for letting me know.  We, too, were excited to host your group
this year.  We can look for another date in the late spring or early
summer.  We will make something work!

Thank you,

*Matthew J. Swanson **| Assistant Principal*
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School <http://www.wyoung.org>
211 South Laflin Street; Chicago, Illinois 60607
Pronouns:  he/him
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 7:33 PM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:

> Matt,
>
> This afternoon a statement went out to our entire subscription list, and
> we posted it on Facebook as well, but I wanted to take a moment personally
> to say that we took in comments from our presenters, from public health
> officials, well-wishers and supporters and deemed it our only responsible
> action at this time. We may have moved slowly, but today the entire
> conference planning team met and unanimously reached this decision to
> postpone.  We loved Whitney Young as our venue, so many gardners wanted to
> experience this light-filled space and our registration was strong with
> young fearless gardeners, but we have an aging population of gardeners as
> well and the situationis too unpredictable.
>
> We are reimagining our conference because it is so unthinkable that it
> might disappear altogether.  Angela or I will  be in touch soon to navigate
> further procedures and documents for cancelation.  Let me know what we need
> to do.
>
> Meanwhile be well and stay safe.
>
> Here is the statement as it went out to our subscriber list.In light of
> the changing situation around COVID-19, we are postponing our 8th Annual
> Conference scheduled for March 21, 2020. We are supporting the guidance of
> Mayor Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health in doing all we
> can to minimize the impact of this virus on our community.
>
> The CCGA Annual Conference has always been a celebration of Spring, a
> gathering of the beautiful community of gardeners in Chicago. Hugs are
> always plentiful and ideas flow freely. We are so grateful to those who
> registered, to the presenters who created an incredible line up of
> workshops, to our sponsors, and to our exhibitors and vendors. Please stay
> tuned as we reimagine the conference and make plans for a future event.
> Even though we won’t be gathering to kick off the gardening season together
> next Saturday, know that we are all connected by our passion for planting.
>
> Regards,
> Lorraine Kells
>
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