1. A grant of $2,500 from the Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission was received for pursuit of nomination of the property to the National Register of Historic Places; it was placed on the State Register in 1991.
2. An Indiana Preservation Fund Grant of $2,000 has been received from Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana toward completion of a Historic Structures Report/Preservation Plan for all the buildings. It requires a 50% match.
3. The farmstead was featured in the November issue of Homes & Lifestyles magazine.
4. A number of meetings were held with city and state officials to continue working through the impacts of the 10th Street road widening, and required installation of a sidewalk along the property's 10th Street frontage.

1. Furnace replaced
2. Air conditioner replaced
3. Complete electrical rewiring with communications upgrades; over $10,000 total
4. Fire and theft security system installed; a Community Improvement Grant of $2,500 was received from Bloomington Township for the installation and first year costs
5. Sunroom roof replaced
6. Landing of interior stairway was restored by a volunteer
7. Cosmetic upgrades to rear woodshed apartment for occupation by Early Music Associates
8. Connection to city sewer system
9. Second floor renovations for office occupation included re-plastering of three rooms, painting, floor repairs, bathroom renovation, and electrical upgrades and cleaning of the antique light fixtures
10. An inventory of the contents left in the house has been underway throughout the year and continues. Seven Indiana University students have so far been involved in the project. One of them is developing the Museum Plan as her thesis project.

1. Extensive cosmetic upgrades to attic apartment prior to new occupation
2. Extensive cosmetic and functional, including electrical, upgrades to first floor apartment interior prior to new occupation
3. Full restoration of front porch
4. Emergency connection to city sewer system
5. Shed addition cleaned out for tenant use
6. New storm windows were installed
7. The exterior stairs were repaired by volunteers

1. Volunteers secured all the outbuildings from unauthorized access
2. Purchase of used tractor, with donation of front end loader and deck mower, and additional push mowers
3. Three volunteer clean–up days, two of which focused on the grounds with the other focusing on two of the outbuildings. One of those focusing on the grounds involved 5 Indiana University students.
4. Extensive interior clean–up of the garage building with salvage of books and other records

1. An oral history project utilizing IU students was begun, and will be on–going. The goal is to interview anyone with information to share about the property or its former inhabitants.
2. New t–shirts to promote and raise funds for the farmstead were developed. Board member, Jan Sorby, donated her artistic skills for the image of the main house used on the front, and Jolen Horvath donated her graphic design skills in compiling the joint 30th anniversary logo used on the back of the shirts. A tote bag was also printed.
3. Daisy Day, the first public opening of the property, took place in April. Over 125 people attended, and food and live music were donated. A silent auction was held and continued through the month of May which netted $445. Oral history and volunteer contacts were made, and additional donations and shirt sale proceeds were received.
4. The farmstead was added to the Buy for Charity web site. It allows online shoppers to have a portion of their purchase total donated to the property.
5. A regular monthly open house schedule was established. The property is currently open for visitation on the last Saturday of each month from 1–4 p.m.
6. The farmstead is now a member of the Alliance of Bloomington Museums, the American Association of Museums, and the Association for State and Local History. The memberships permit inclusion in various types of promotions including web site and brochure listings, among other benefits.
7. Meetings to discuss potential partnerships were held with representatives from Stone Belt, the Local Growers Guild, Monroe County Master Gardeners, and City of Bloomington Parks & Recreation.
8. The interior of the main house was rented for two acoustical house concerts, and the space was used for meetings by the Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission, the Alliance of Bloomington Museums, and the Fourth Street Festival of Art Committee.
9. The grounds were used by Bloomingfoods for their annual membership event. Over 250 people were in attendance.

1. In partnership with the Brown County Bluebird Society, five bluebird boxes were erected on the property. Two successful nests resulted.
2. A grant of $5,700 was received from the Monroe County Community Foundation. The funds will be used toward completion of Phase II of the Historic Structures Report and care of the Sugar Maple trees.
3. The seven landmark Sugar Maple trees were given corrective pruning and supportive cabling, and the soil was tested for later treatment. Mulching their bases also began. Additionally, the large, dead catalpa tree endangering the old garage was removed. Three other smaller trees, one of which was a non-native invasive, were also removed.
4. A full-color, feature article on the property appeared in the May 28th "Attractions" section of the Herald-Times newspaper. A second feature article appeared in the November 25th "Homes" section.
5. The parking area improvements were completed, largely through volunteer labor.

1)      The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

2)      Historic Structures Reports were completed for both the main house and second house on the property.

3)      A $10,000 grant was secured from the Vectren Nonprofit Weatherization Grant program. With the funds improvements were made to attic insulation, and the HVAC system and natural gas lines; air leaks were sealed and new south entrance basement doors were installed; and, three remaining 1892 windows were restored and new storm windows installed. Drainage improvements around the foundation will conclude the project in the spring of 2008.

4)      The first historic light fixture to be sponsored was restored and installed, and a second light fixture received sponsorship.

5)      A $100 grant was secured from the MLK Day Volunteer Initiative toward purchase of recording equipment to further advance the ongoing oral history project.

6)      The first museum exhibit was installed, “Musical Notes: From the Collections of Joe and Daisy Garton.”

7)      A Landscape Assessment was completed by volunteers, compiled as a working document to be added to and updated as needed.

8)      The Volunteer Garden was started in the north lawn between the two houses. A 10’ x 20’ plot was adopted by the Bloomington Organic Growers Association, with additional planting overseen by individual volunteers.

9)      A volunteer created new and revived existing planting beds around the main house, and maintained them throughout the growing seasons.

10)  Four significant grounds projects were completed by four different groups of volunteers—clearing old hay out of the dairy barn loft, chipping brush and limbs for reuse to both clean up the property and for reuse of the wood chips, mulching around the old Sugar Maple trees, and planting over 300 daffodil and crocus bulbs. One of the groups involved came through the MLK Volunteer Day, two others were through CareFest of Sherwood Oaks Christian Church, and the fourth were Delta Sigma Theta sorority members.

11)  Three partnership planning meetings were held to discuss grounds-related programming and reuse. Groups represented include Bloomington Parks & Recreation, Bloomington Historic Preservation Commission, Bloomington Organic Growers Association, Monroe County Extension Service, Local Growers Guild, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, StoneBelt, Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society (INPAWS), Monroe County Master Gardeners, and Monroe County Parks & Recreation.