This summer an inquisitive spider monkey from the rainforest visited Asheville - a city that has national buzz as a model for green living. Mo’s adventures included learning about a new science and health adventure park called Momentum. Mo will stay in Asheville to explore how hands-on learning transforms our lives and improves the amazing world within and around us.
This month, Mo sat down to chat with Founding Mother and longtime friend of The Health Adventure, Maralee Gollberg.
Mo: What is your favorite thing to do at The Health Adventure? Maralee: Watch excited children pull their parents towards their favorite things, like watching the fish swim.
Mo: I love fruit and nuts. What’s your favorite food?
Maralee: Gumbo and rice, and cookies - a sometimes snack.
Mo: How long have you been involved with The Health Adventure?
Maralee: Since the beginning, nearly 40 years ago.
Mo: What is it about Asheville that’s special to you?
Maralee: The beauty of the mountains, the French Broad River that seems to flow backwards, and all the artists who come here to create .
Mo: When Momentum opens, what’s the first thing you want to do?
Maralee: Walk the gardens, look at the stars, and pedal around nature on the monorail car.
Mo: What are they key ingredients you’re using to create Momentum?
Maralee: Enthusiasm in answering all the questions the public asks
Mo: What is one way you work to heal the environment in your own life?
Maralee: I try to grow flowers and vegetables, recycle, buy fewer things that are in packages, use my own canvas bags at the grocery store, and laugh a lot and clown around (in and out of my clown character, "Merry, Merry")
Next up: An interview with Paige Johnson, President & CEO of The Health Adventure
