Western Sculpture Park – A free neighborhood public art venue, with rotating works of art in Saint Paul Minnesota. Grant was very inspired with Mr. Hock’s original suggestion that the abandoned crime infested park could become a beautiful place where large outdoor sculpture could be displayed in a garden like atmosphere. He took the idea to build and inspire a citizen’s team to create and maintain the park. Grant worked to empower others to bring the vision to completion. As the project grew he worked under the umbrella and leadership of Public Art Saint Paul and others in the community to see it to completion. The park also hosts teaching events to inspire young people’s creativity. The park has cut crime and added much to the neighborhood and children of the area.
Western Sculpture Park – Saint Paul Parks and Recreation – City Info. Flyer
Western Park Neighborhood History – Public Art Saint Paul – Info. Flyer
Fuller-Aurora Neighborhood Association – Worked closely with Dan Fix the founder. Grant purchased and personally renovated an abandoned crack house in the role of an urban homesteader. In partnership with Dan, he worked with all residents including African-Americans and the Hmong people to revitalize the neighborhood. One of several projects was the Western Park Sculpture Garden noted above.
Ron Paul Groups – A sophisticated threaded discussion forum hosted free of charge to Texans. It provides free speech discussion, activist communication, and inter-group coordination. It was originally established for the purpose of assisting communications between supporters of the Ron Paul R3volution in 2008. Grant also attended the 2008 TX GOP conventions (Lockhart, Houston) as an delegate and alternate respectively, the GOP National Convention (St. Paul) as a guest and also the Rally for the Republic Ron Paul shadow convention in Minneapolis. http://RonPaulGroups.com
Buy Bart – A place to buy and sell, as well as look for jobs and workers in the Austin metro area, hosted free of charge to help ‘we the people’ thrive. The name comes from the ability to Buy or Barter. This project is still in development with only a prototype currently in operation. A similar website is planned for the Caldwell County area. http://BuyBart.com
The CCTXN family of Websites.
CCTXN Speaker’s Corner – A facebook group that promotes free speech for the citizens of Caldwell County. This group was experienced exponential growth in membership and number of posts since Grant Rostig became the administrator in 2010. It has significantly effected the political careers of at least 5 current and former politicians and many more community activists. The ideas of close to absolute free speech spawned at least two competing groups in Caldwell County and has therefore significantly enhanced political discourse in Caldwell County. http://sc.cctxn.com
CCTXN Family Friendly News Page – A facebook page that promotes respectful discussion and dissemination of ideas, events and business within and for the citizens of Caldwell County. This group was experienced good growth in membership and number of posts since Grant founded it. The news page was created as an alternative to the harshness of the free speech on Speaker’s Corner. It provides a more family friendly place for residents to discuss respectfully. Inappropriate posts are deleted after the are posted under a strict editorial policy. http://n.cctxn.com
CCTXN Home Page – A independently hosted website that currently provides document storage and archival for the two facebook based CCTXN internet web pages. Grant created this website to remove the dependency on Facebook’s growing censorship and negative business policies. http://cctxn.com
CCTXN Community Calendar – A sophisticated but easy to use calendar currently hosted by yahoo.com. It allows consolidation of various organization’s independently owned and managed calendars. Currently Grant is providing information on all events he is aware of, while seeking others to participate. http://cal.yahoo.com/cctxn.calendar
Silicon Valley Net – A professional association of computer engineers in Silicon Valley California which was established in the 1980’s. It’s purpose was to provide free educational seminars and allow members to network for jobs and problem solve. Under Grant’s leadership membership grew significantly and it legally established itself from it’s informal beginnings. As chairman, he lead the meetings, coordinated the new name, and managed the acquisition Federal non-profit status. Grant left California in 1988 and the organization survived for several years after his departure. http://www.california9.com/California12/A288057.shtml