Pots by Lisa Goldberg
will be for sale.

how I ended up working for the
congressman. My first assignment
was dealing with social service
issues among his constituents. I
went into politics, but I never left
social work."
Rothschild started looking for
new work when Crockett was get-
ting ready to retire. After his own
unsuccessful run for the State
Senate, Rothschild was asked to
join Common Ground.
At the time, the agency had a
budget of $550,000. It has since
grown to $8,700,000.
Part of the increase in revenue
had to do with joining Common
Ground with The Sanctuary in
1995. The idea for the merger
came out of a strategic planning
session with the Common Ground
directors.
"Crisis was the central part of
both agencies," says Rothschild,
married to attorney Mona Scott.
A print by Ari Gradus at Art in the Park
"Using politics was important
because we had to estab-
lish relationships with
funding organizations in
the county and govern-
ment to get on full foot-
ing."
Rothschild says that it is
most important for
prospective clients to
know that it is OK to ask
Paul Palnik's
for help. Those who do
"Persistence"
not have close friends to
and "Up in
count on in tough times
Lights" will be
should understand there
shown.
are community resources
available.
Art in the Park started
when Common Ground
had to ask the community
for help before it merged with The
Sanctuary. Common Ground was on the
verge of bankruptcy, and the fair brought in
$5,000 to keep the agency going.
"There are new artists and sponsors every
year, and there's always a different theme in
the children's area," says Rothschild. "Right
now, facilities are a big issue for us. We'd like
to combine a number of our services in one
facility to control our infrastructure costs and
put more money into services."

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