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dancerjodiThis morning I rifled through the mail and cleaned up the kitchen a bit while I was eating my cereal. I'm doing this before getting dressed to head to the studio for ballet (whoot!).
It appears that either the Waltham property tax rate went down, or it was lower than I thought it was. I opened our bill to find that the residential rate is $9.89 for every $1k. Wow, that's lower was reported for Boston on NPR the other day! Waltham's tax rate is so low due to the high amount of commercial development (the commercial rate is higher than the residential one). It was one of the things our realtor stressed us to take into consideration when figuring out 'big picture' costs in different communities.
I received the annual report for the Simmons campaign. This past year was the first time that I donated to the college, and it was neat to see my name printed in the list at the back (those of us peons giving less than $25,000 - if only I had that kind of money to give away). Its not that I couldn't afford to donate before, but it hadn't struck me yet how important it was for me to contribute. I owe my experience there to generous donors, because most of my tuition was paid via need-based grants from the college (the rest was in Stafford Loans in my own name, and some cash from my parents in years 1 and 2 - years 3 and 4 were so poor for them that they didn't have to foot any of the bill, it was all scholarships/stafford). This booklet I have details the money that was raised in last year's campaign. $69.3 million dollars (or $20 million more than their goal)! This money provided (they say): 191 more scholarships and awards, 5 new faculty chairs, dozens of classroom renovations, creation of afterschool activities for 1000 Boston kids (through a Community Service Center that was established), moving Library Science professionals to war-torn countries, supporting tuition for 3300 undergrads, blah, blah, blah.
Numbers can tell interesting stories. I think its neat that my career is a part of that. :)
It appears that either the Waltham property tax rate went down, or it was lower than I thought it was. I opened our bill to find that the residential rate is $9.89 for every $1k. Wow, that's lower was reported for Boston on NPR the other day! Waltham's tax rate is so low due to the high amount of commercial development (the commercial rate is higher than the residential one). It was one of the things our realtor stressed us to take into consideration when figuring out 'big picture' costs in different communities.
I received the annual report for the Simmons campaign. This past year was the first time that I donated to the college, and it was neat to see my name printed in the list at the back (those of us peons giving less than $25,000 - if only I had that kind of money to give away). Its not that I couldn't afford to donate before, but it hadn't struck me yet how important it was for me to contribute. I owe my experience there to generous donors, because most of my tuition was paid via need-based grants from the college (the rest was in Stafford Loans in my own name, and some cash from my parents in years 1 and 2 - years 3 and 4 were so poor for them that they didn't have to foot any of the bill, it was all scholarships/stafford). This booklet I have details the money that was raised in last year's campaign. $69.3 million dollars (or $20 million more than their goal)! This money provided (they say): 191 more scholarships and awards, 5 new faculty chairs, dozens of classroom renovations, creation of afterschool activities for 1000 Boston kids (through a Community Service Center that was established), moving Library Science professionals to war-torn countries, supporting tuition for 3300 undergrads, blah, blah, blah.
Numbers can tell interesting stories. I think its neat that my career is a part of that. :)
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Date: 2004-12-18 04:59 pm (UTC)