Wolemba: Crystal Ross O'Hara
Zomwe zidayamba zaka 13 zapitazo monga projekiti yakalasi zakhala gulu lotukuka lamitengo mumzinda wa Orange. Mu 1994, Dan Slater—yemwe pambuyo pake chaka chimenecho anasankhidwa kukhala mu khonsolo ya mzinda wa Orange—anatenga mbali m’kalasi ya utsogoleri. Pantchito yake ya m'kalasi adasankha kuyang'ana kwambiri pakuwongolera mitengo ya m'misewu yomwe ikucheperachepera.
“Panthaŵiyo, chuma chinali choipa ndipo mzinda unalibe ndalama zobzala mitengo imene inafa ndi yofunika kusinthidwa,” akukumbukira motero Slater. Ena adalowa nawo Slater ndipo gulu, Orange for Trees, adayamba kufunafuna ndalama ndikusonkhanitsa anthu odzipereka.
Iye anati: “Tinkangoganizira za misewu yokhala ndi mitengo yochepa kapena yopanda mitengo.
Odzipereka amabzala mitengo ku Orange, CA.
Mitengo Monga Zolimbikitsa
Sipanapite nthawi yaitali Slater atatenga udindowu, Khonsolo ya Mzinda wa Orange inayang'anizana ndi nkhani yomwe imasonyeza kugwirizana kwakukulu pakati pa anthu ndi mitengo. Ili pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 30 kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Los
Angeles, Orange ndi umodzi mwamizinda yocheperako ku Southern California yomangidwa mozungulira malo. Malowa amakhala ngati malo oyambira mbiri yakale ya mzindawu ndipo ndi malo onyadira kwambiri anthu ammudzi.
Mu 1994 ndalama zinapezeka zokonzanso malowa. Madivelopa amafuna kuchotsa mitengo 16 ya paini ya ku Canary Island ndikuyika Queen Palms, chithunzi chakumwera kwa California. "Mitengo ya paini inali yathanzi komanso yokongola kwambiri komanso yayitali," akutero Bea Herbst, membala woyambitsa wa Orange for Trees komanso wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa bungweli. “Chimodzi mwa zinthu za painizi n’chakuti amapirira dothi loipa kwambiri. Ndi mitengo yolimba.”
Koma opanga anali oumirira. Iwo anali ndi nkhawa kuti mitengo ya paini isokoneza mapulani awo ophatikizira kudyera panja pamalopo. Nkhaniyo inathera ku khonsolo ya mzinda. Monga momwe Herbst akukumbukira, “pamsonkhanowo panali anthu oposa 300 ndipo pafupifupi 90 peresenti ya iwo anali okonda pine.”
Slater, yemwe akugwirabe ntchito ku Orange for Trees, adanena kuti poyamba adagwirizana ndi lingaliro la Queen Palms pamalopo, koma pamapeto pake adakopeka ndi Herbst ndi ena. Iye anati: “Ndikuganiza kuti inali nthawi yokhayo ku khonsolo ya mzindawo pamene ndinasintha voti yanga. Mitengo ya paini inatsala, ndipo pamapeto pake, Slater akuti ndi wokondwa kuti anasintha maganizo ake. Kuwonjezera pa kupereka kukongola ndi mthunzi kwa malowa, mitengoyi yakhala ikuthandiza kwambiri mzindawo.
Ndi nyumba zake zakale ndi nyumba, malo okongola komanso kuyandikira kwake ku Hollywood, Orange yakhala ngati malo ojambulirako makanema apawayilesi ndi makanema angapo, kuphatikiza That Thing You Do with Tom Hanks and Crimson Tide with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. "Ili ndi kakomedwe ka tawuni yaying'ono kwambiri ndipo chifukwa cha mitengo ya paini simungaganize kuti Southern California," akutero Herbst.
Kumenyera kupulumutsa mitengo yapaini kunathandizira kulimbikitsa chitetezo chamitengo yamzindawu komanso Orange for Trees, Herbst ndi Slater akuti. Bungweli, lomwe mwalamulo lidakhala lopanda phindu mu Okutobala 1995, tsopano lili ndi mamembala pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri ndi board ya mamembala asanu.
Zoyesayesa Zopitilira
Ntchito ya Orange for Trees ndi “kubzala, kuteteza ndi kusunga mitengo ya Orange, ponse pagulu komanso pagulu.” Gululi limasonkhanitsa anthu odzipereka kuti adzabzale kuyambira Okutobala mpaka Meyi. Imamera pafupifupi kasanu ndi kawiri pa nyengo, akutero Herbst. Akuti m’madera onse a Orange for Trees abzala mitengo pafupifupi 1,200 m’zaka 13 zapitazi.
Orange for Trees amagwiranso ntchito ndi eni nyumba powaphunzitsa za kufunika kwa mitengo komanso momwe angasamalire. Herbst anakhala zaka ziwiri akuphunzira ulimi wamaluwa ku koleji yaing'ono ndipo amapita kunyumba kukapereka uphungu wamtengo kwa okhalamo kwaulere. Gululi limalimbikitsanso mzindawu m'malo mwa anthu okhala mumzindawu kuti asungidwe ndi kubzala mitengo.
Achinyamata akumaloko amabzala mitengo yokhala ndi Orange ya Mitengo.
Slater akuti kuthandizidwa ndi mzindawu ndi okhalamo ndiye chinsinsi cha zomwe bungweli likuchita. Iye anati: “Nthawi zina zachipambano zimabwera chifukwa chogulira anthu okhalamo. “Sitibzala mitengo m’malo amene anthu sakuwafuna komanso osawasamalira.”
Slater akuti mapulani a tsogolo la Orange for Trees akuphatikizapo kukonza ntchito zomwe bungwe likuchita kale. “Ndikufuna kutiona tikuchita bwino pa zomwe tikuchita, tikukulitsa mamembala athu, ndikuwonjezera ndalama zathu komanso kuchita bwino,” akutero. Ndipo izi ndi uthenga wabwino kwa mitengo ya Orange.