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Van Go’s limo will soon hit the road
September 18, 2009
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The iconic, brightly painted limo that local non-profit Van Go has used since 1998 will soon be leaving Lawrence.
The limo was sold for $2,500 to a non-profit in San Francisco that works with disabled adults. That organization has made a down payment on the limo, but Lynne Green, executive director of Van Go, said the final date that the limo will be shipped west is still up in the air.
Green’s cousin drove the limo from New York City to Lawrence in 1998 when the non-profit was only a few years old.
Despite the limo’s long history in Lawrence, Green said that it required too much upkeep and maintenance and that Van Go had “grown up.”
“It has a lot to do with our identity, but with the renovation and expansion of our facilities, we became a little less funky,” Green said. “It’s not as much about our present as it is our past.”
Van Go provides after-school and summer job training to high-needs and under-served youth from ages 14 to 21. The limo was used to pick up and drop off students and for special excursions. Now, and perhaps more appropriately, Van Go will use vans for transporting the students.
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18 September 2009
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ralphralph (Anonymous) says…
Van Go = Failed socialist program.
18 September 2009
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RogueThrill (Anonymous) says…
Van Go provides after-school and summer job training to high-needs and under-served youth from ages 14 to 21. The limo was used to pick up and drop off students and for special excursions. Now, and perhaps more appropriately, Van Go will use vans for transporting the students.
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If that is socialist then give me more.
Also, a group who is upgrading and renovating hardly sounds like it's failed.
18 September 2009
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artichokeheart (Anonymous) says…
Van Go is a great program for at risk youth. it is hardly a waste of money to redirect and motivate a kid by tapping into their creativity.
18 September 2009
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dontcallmedan (Anonymous) says…
ralphralph: you're a waste of oxygen.
18 September 2009
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…
That was not a “limousine”
That car is a Checker Aerobus.
The only “limousine” that Checker ever built was the Checker Town Custom and only those models with a divider window between the front and rear compartments were technically “limousines”.
I once owned a 1965 Checker Town Custom Eight Passenger Sedan; front and rear air, power steering,windows, seats, antenna; a Chevy 283 hooked to a Borg-Warner and every morning when I wake up I give myself a “Gibbs Slap” for having sold it.
Darned women!
It was ex-US State Department and only around 50 were built:
Go here:
http://www.checkertaxistand.com/
18 September 2009
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…
And $2500 for a running Aerobus was grand freaking theft!
18 September 2009
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…
Well, if the Caifornia people can't get their stuff together, hit me up and I will buy it in a heartbeat.
Van Go “MIGHT” have put up the thing for “LOCAL” sale.
But “NO!” .
Gotta hook up with Kalleforneeuh!
18 September 2009
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…
“Liberals” anyway.
19 September 2009
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merrill (Anonymous) says…
Van Go is a blessing to Lawrence, Kansas.
19 September 2009
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joejarvis (Joseph Jarvis) says…
How sad. $2,500 for a “grown-up” nonprofit is surely less than the value of the goodwill, recognition in the community, and local history behind the car.