At this time, the project has leadership, but is still lacking revenues. The project would entail storefront property provided free of rent for a two-year period of time. Substantial funding or a means of earning revenue from the property would then be required to keep the space. The Santa Cruz County Economic Development Task Force has also been looking for a means to market the Sanctuary and has approached Long Marine Labs about the potential for cooperative efforts. The Task Force is looking for an interpretive center of a much larger scale than the one proposed for the Wharf.
Discussions are in progress.
The focus of the meeting is to build links with the watershed education community. Jane Orbuch and Donna Meyers are going to lead and facilitate discussion on water quality monitoring. Wendy Ward is going to talk about databases of watershed resources. Jory Post and Mary Flodin will discuss the watershed group. SEP members are encouraged to attend.