HOT Tomato HOT Tomato!!

Howdy y'all   We are down to the single digits in days left in Grand Junction and our project is progressing with great results. We are focusing on canvassing businesses and neighborhoods this week since we aren't attending the counties farmer's markets this week. We have successfully signed up several residents for our Red Door Challenge with Excel and for free home weatherization through Housing Resources. The residents of Grand Junction have been really welcoming to our efforts, one woman even gave Audra and I flowers to take home with us.   The best part of this week was definitely our meeting with the owners of The Hot Tomato, a pizza shop in Fruita, Colorado. They have successfully completed all three levels of our Greenback$ Project and we wanted to really understand what the process was like so they agreed to sit down with us at The Hot Tomato to talk about it. It was really interesting hearing their story as local business owners that want to be leaders in energy efficiency. Jen and Anne, the owners, were so nice and so cool about explaining their interest in energy conservation. We learned a lot about the realities of what it takes to be an energy leader in the food industry and are hoping to complete a case study for future participants of the Greenback$ Projects. If you're ever in Fruita, Colorado definitely stop by this pizza shop and indulge in a slice.   Here's a link to The Hot Tomato's blog: http://hottomatocafe.com/blog/   Thanks for reading -Amber