>> my name is laura hartigman. the purpose of this building, as has been said, is to replace the existing near street. it is a working building for the city. it is the base of operations for the plant collections and decoration of the collection that the society does. it primarily supports the arboretum, which is an outdoor classroom for the whole city. the secondary benefits is the educational potential, both as a building and as a base of operations for other educational activities. it also is intended to be environmental responsible building, as green as possible. you can probably gather that it has many functions and many people see it as benefiting their work. to show you where it is exactly, the current year's tree is right here. the site -- nursery is right here. the site is warmer and much more advantageous for growing. it is currently where they have a lot of the growing grounds in now. >> my understanding is that the current nursery was placed in a very low area that is colder and not a great place for a