Real signs!

On Tuesday, real signs were installed, so we could take down the temporary paper banner, and look a little less transient.


Also this week, we shifted to later hours. We had noticed that most people came in toward the end of the hours we were open. So now we are open 12:00 to 4:30 on Tue, Wed, Thu and Sat.


Advertising started in earnest this week as well. The bus signs should all be up (although we don't have anyone who takes the bus, so we will have to find some way to verify). And a fairly good sized ad ran Tuesday in the News-Gazette, and it will run again Friday.

On Saturday, we will be leafleting in the residential areas around Lincoln Square, giving fliers that describe our fall class lineup. We need volunteers! If you can join us, send a note to urbanabec@gmail.com. All volunteers will get a free T-shirt — the shirts also were finally finished this week.

The new signs and the advertising appear to already be helping. Yesterday (Wednesday) was the busiest day we've had yet, with 9 visitors. Of these, 6 came in from 12:00 to 2:00 (when we would have been open before), and 3 came later. Many of those who came in mentioned that they had been seeing us for awhile—maybe the new signage made a difference in them coming in. Two new students registered. Also in the later time after 2:00, we got a phone call from a woman who saw the newspaper ad and was very interested. She is part of a Bible study group, and they ALL want to register for a class!

We feel very blessed, and we're excited about our Tue class starting up next week, and the Wed and Thu classes starting the following week.