Leslie CP #5


Leslie CP #5 CIES Building 6/6/18 4-6 pm

This week we followed up on rentals close to campus with a short-term lease. We made many calls and talked about what Jorge, my conversation partner, had understood from the phone conversations. We had a long talk on the phone with the owner and manager of an apartment building on the near west side of campus. She offered a short-term lease that fits his time frame in a location where he could walk to CIES (along Call Street through campus). Jorge said he would like to go look at the vacancies if we could. We drove there and met with the owner. Jorge was able to ask her some questions in English. He is going to decide by Monday and the owner will call me then. Driving back to CIES, I identified buildings and facilities on campus. He said he would probably spend time in the library. I told him about Strozier and Dirac libraries and that both were along his walk between CIES and the apartment.

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