Mitzi Gordon & the Bluebird Books Bus

One of my Vouched contributors, Josh Spilker, posted about this over at the blog, and my heart leaped. Mitzi Gordon, a Tampa-based artist and community organizer, is working to launch the Bluebird Book Bus. Think of a food truck, but you know. With books.

Dubbed the Bluebird Book Bus, the project was conceived by Gordon as an answer to her lifelong dream of owning an independent bookstore, a goal that seemed in danger of falling by the wayside as she entered her 30s. Instead of a storefront, she began considering a small, mobile bookstore as a hobby after learning about a similar project that took place at USF in 2008 (an Airstream trailer called Moving Thought filled with art books).

Gordon’s Bluebird runs on the same premise: an eye-catching vehicle filled with art in the form of handmade or limited-edition books and printed items along with a cache of commercially published books about art. -Creative Loafing

Just last week, I was tweeting about the idea and possibility of doing something like this here in Indianapolis. With the current food truck craze that’s swept the city, something like this could really take off, and I want to be the one to make it happen. I already have the platform with Vouched Books. I just have to get to work.

This is going to happen.