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November 2007

Presentation Center at S.F. "Green Festival" 2007
Cindy Blain

For the first time, Presentation Center had an exhibit booth at the San Francisco Green Festival held at the Concourse Exhibition Center on Nov. 9, 10, 11. We were located in the back corner with the green festival boothother Community Action booths. The Green Festival drew 40,000 people, and we gave out over 500 handouts to people interested in our beautiful, eco-friendly retreat center.

In many cases, people were environmentally conscious and turned down the brochure and packet, preferring our “Info Card”—a business card with quick facts about us. We talked a lot—we spoke with people from consultants and green meeting planners to schools, yoga groups, spiritual groups, music groups, and numerous environmental nonprofit organizations.

Monday, Nov. 12th, brought us our first phone call from a Green Festival attendee, asking to book an event. In the weeks since the event, we have had several more phone calls as well as visits due to the Green Festival.