Out of the Office-Free Write 5

The weather in Chandler was beautiful today so we had the opportunity to go out into the field and get some tasks accomplished. First we went to Downtown Chandler to switch some of the banners we previously hung up to advertise new events that would held in the next coming weeks. We also took a trip out to Tumbleweed Recreation Center to hang up our banners for Day of Play. The park is huge and we had three different posters to hang up around it. Pictured below is one of them. I think I have a future as a photographer.

When we got back to the office we then had to go out onto Frye Road and measure it. Sounds odd I know.... Recently, though, they just completed construction on a huge apartment/condo complex around the street. In doing so they extended the side walk into the street and also created areas for people to park on the street. Frye Road is one of the streets the City uses for their Parade of Lights event in December. Previously the width of the street had never been an issue and cars, floats, and walking groups were able to pass through safely. Now because the street is smaller we have to measure to find out the exact dimensions and then write new policy on the size of floats and walking groups we can allow in the parade. It was an interesting and unique challenge I did not consider, or even realize that the Special Events department had to be aware of and deal with. We received several odd looks from passers-by, and then we had to ask the construction workers when the project was going to be complete and when the road would open back up. We also had to consider when they were going to start leasing the apartments as that would mostly likely bring in heavy traffic from people coming to tour them. I learned so much today, and definitely got my exercise in.

On an unrelated note I am heading out today for an extended Fall Break (two days isn't enough in my opinion) and going to Disneyland with some friends! I cannot believe we are half-way done with the semester.