When the neighborhood center located in the heart of the city was given a grant to do upgrades to their building, they hired someone to remove the old windows and put in some more efficient vinyl windows. I knew from volunteering there on the weekends that their windows were old and drafty.

I was happy to read in the paper that the company that was doing the removal of the old windows and the installation of the efficient vinyl windows had offered to waive the installation fee for the new windows. The fact that they did that, made it possible for the neighborhood center to upgrade the new windows to the fancy vinyl casement windows that would look great with the design of the old building.

The big open house to show off the new vinyl casement windows and the other upgrades they were able to do, was scheduled for the Sunday before Labor Day. I could not wait to see it. They had closed it down for about two weeks to complete all of the projects without anyone in the building, it would go quicker and it would be safer.

Just pulling up to the building, it gave you the sense that it was going to look fantastic inside since the whole outside had been transformed.