$50 for CVARA idea (community added rental value) awarded to Alexandria. Please read here . Still open to other ideas CVARA completion would mean rent would be completed. Overachievers could earn a profit or donate to others who had not or could not complete their CVARA tasks in time should we have the finances for such an operation.

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