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Meet The Board
As a 501c3 non profit organization, The Alchemical Nursery Project is required to have a board of directors. Our board is small, and each person is a working member, serving on at least one of The Alchemical Nursery Project's committees .
Elizabeth Slate, Co-Founder
After having a child and knowing how important it is to have a healthy environment in which to raise one, I began searching for options, and found the ecovillage. The ecovillage movement aims to nurture the growth of regenerative lifestyles.
This is the work of many lifetimes and people and paths. Taking a holistic approach to life and its challenges gives me hope for personal and collective evolution.
Frank Raymond Cetera, Co-Founder and Board President
If there is one single thing I want to expose about myself in this bio it is my excitement and belief in what we are working towards -
a healthy and sustainable urban community for Syracuse, and providing the tools and skills necessary for other urban communities to do the same. This is truly important to me because it affects the people in my life - my friends, my family, my dog Micky, my neighbors, and all other living creatures that abound - and the environment in which we choose to live together.
My time abroad during the summer of 2008 did not simply lead me far away from Syracuse and the ANP in a geographical sense in search of answers and experiences - it has indeed led me closer to Syracuse and the ANP in a spiritual sense. My working in the forestry sector, and time spent with two intentional communities have provided knowledge, sharing, work experience, personal friendships and connections, an increased sense of spirit and self, and an exploding realm of passion for the work of the ANP here in Syracuse that, unbelievably, fully eclipses my previous overwhelming feelings on the subjects we hold dear here.
And although I have a few bits of education, work and community experience which should probably be listed here in any proper biography; let's leave this just short of a resume in its current form, and suffice to say that it is in Syracuse and the Alchemical Nursery Project that I have found the fertile and sprouting fields in which to apply my passions and repertoire of education and skills towards MANIFESTING the future you and I desire into bloom.
Adrienne Allen, Board Secretary
Adrienne Allen is a lifelong resident of Syracuse, New York. As well as being Board Secretary and Education Committee Member of the Alchemical Nursery Project Inc. Adrienne is a visual artist and an advocate in support of the arts in education. Adrienne is an enthusiastic gardener of flowers, herbs, and vegetables and is currently building a backyard greenhouse out of old windows and other scrapped parts.
Valerie Dawnstar , Board Treasurer
Valerie is a  Permaculture designer and educator, and the Founder of North Coast Guild. Val resides in the City of Oswego and is also involved with the
City of Oswego Community Gardening and Tree
Stewards Development.
Marcia Rutledge , Board Member
Marcia is a lifelong Syracuse resident and has been long involved with community development and the arts. Marcia also enjoys being an active member of the Syracuse Area Outdoor Adventure Club.
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