Leeper House is Moving!!!
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April 29, 2003
The Leeper House will move from the McNay Art
Museum to the Mitchell Lake Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday April
30, 2003. It will take the summer to reconstruct, retrofit, and
make beautiful the house - then it will be home for refuge visitors
and volunteers.
As the house is moved there will be a press conference
at the corner of Broadway and Austin Highway at the Frost Alamo
Heights Branch Office at 9:15 am to 10:15 am. Toni Moorhouse,
Dr. Chiego of the McNay Museum, Gene Habiger of SAWS, and Anne
Parrish President of MLWS will be filmed as the house goes by
and slows to take a left turn onto Broadway. The house has been
stripped down for the move - making it a huge box without a roof.
Its the movement and its future prospects and the fact that a
partnership has been forged to get this project going that we
will be cheering. The bank asks that no one park in their parking
lot but everyone is welcome to come watch.
The house will arrive at Mitchell Lake around
Noon. Then the remainder of the afternoon will be spent getting
it onto its moorings. SAWS will setup a viewing area in the new
parking lot for observers, but you will have to park out of the
way - probably on the alternate road. So stop by if you can and
visit the lake in the afternoon - the refuge is closed this summer
due to construction so this is a good time to get a peak of more
to come.
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MLWS Annual Meeting, Monday,
March 3rd
February 1, 2003
The ninth annual meeting of the Mitchell Lake Wetlands
Society will be held Monday, March 3rd at 7:00 pm at the San Antonio Police
Academy, 12200 Southeast Loop 410 (exit 46). Highlights of the meeting
will include: election of officers, progress on the Wildlife Refuge Center,
update on the Habitat Restoration Grant application, the Memorandum of
Agreement between SAWS and MLWS, SAWS Mini-grant for birding tours for
young people, SAWS Conservation Grant for public education at the refuge
and in the community, update on the construction. The meeting is open
to everyone. Come and hear what is happening at Mitchell Lake and how
you can get involved.
Mitchell Lake Upgrades On
Way
December 30, 2002 - San Antonio Express News, Jerry
Needham
The San Antonio Express News published a story covering
the committment by the trustees of the San Antonio Water System to a substantial
construction project to repair dikes, roads, and bridges and to relocate
and renovate the historic Leeper house to serve as a visitor center. Here
is an image of the article as published in the Express News.
SAWS Approves $1.4 Million!
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The
Leeper House |
December 17, 2002 - Anne Parrish
The SAWS Board today approved the $1.4 million
expenditure at Mitchell Lake! This includes the moving and reconstruction
of the Leeper House. It was a remarkable session that included much
good cheer (and even the SAWS jazz choir with a RAP rendition of
Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer!). ...more |
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