Friday, July 14, 2006
Still Standing, yet
Yet another day at the Iroquois Farm, can’t say how many more there will be. We are out of money, and business has slowed to nothing, almost. I would like to take this time to thank all who have come to the restaurant and bed and breakfast in the past three months. I hope you received great service and great food, because that is what we want to provide. We want to turn the place around and continue to provide this community with a service that is above the rest, and we will until we can no longer. Mahlon is probably processing our eviction at this time, but we may obtain some financial assistance at any time, so we don’t worry about that, right now.
We are going to begin to offer lunch delivery to local (Waddington) businesses this coming week. We are also going to be open for breakfast this coming week, provided that Arleta gets to feeling a little better. Not everything has gone according to plan, but then again very little ever goes according to plan, but we have adapted most times. We need to do some good business this weekend to make up the losses we had earlier this week.
Paul hurt himself, and that took him out for a few days. He has had trouble with his knee for quite some time and it gave out when he found some unstable grates in the barn. We have almost gotten the barn cleaned out, it may be a few more weeks before we can get it completed, but we are on the way. We need to complete the fencing work on the north east paddock, to accept the animals, but we are close to that. We may be able to get some sheep and goats before long and if the financial help arrives soon we will be able to purchase more animals, including the Morgan horses.
We hope to form a not for profit (501c3) in the next two weeks, and we will offer shares to the community to purchase interest in the farm. We don’t have the details yet but they will be determined soon. We are hoping to contact a lawyer who will help us to fight the lease, and turn it into a purchase contract, as we would like to change this into a land trust, and continue to build value within the community for years to come. Any interested parties can contact us at 315-393-6252 to discuss the plans for membership, and or to help us with our current situation.
We are still working on the few remaining parts of the outdoor stage, and getting the indoor stage set-up, but we are closer now. We are also still searching for entertainment, but so far no luck from the local scene. We will continue this, but we also are looking to bring in acts from other areas that will be new to the area.
Everyone is working hard to make this work, and we hope to be able to provide them with greater compensation in the future, as we should to anyone who helps us. We are also getting prepared to build the special place, a space designed for meditation and contemplation that will hopefully balance the members. It seems like we can’t get enough done in a day, but maybe that is perception more than anything.
Got to go and start other work, will write more later. I am going to try to get more written throughout the days now, and updates as they come along, or at least that’s the hope.
Still standing…
-James-
We are going to begin to offer lunch delivery to local (Waddington) businesses this coming week. We are also going to be open for breakfast this coming week, provided that Arleta gets to feeling a little better. Not everything has gone according to plan, but then again very little ever goes according to plan, but we have adapted most times. We need to do some good business this weekend to make up the losses we had earlier this week.
Paul hurt himself, and that took him out for a few days. He has had trouble with his knee for quite some time and it gave out when he found some unstable grates in the barn. We have almost gotten the barn cleaned out, it may be a few more weeks before we can get it completed, but we are on the way. We need to complete the fencing work on the north east paddock, to accept the animals, but we are close to that. We may be able to get some sheep and goats before long and if the financial help arrives soon we will be able to purchase more animals, including the Morgan horses.
We hope to form a not for profit (501c3) in the next two weeks, and we will offer shares to the community to purchase interest in the farm. We don’t have the details yet but they will be determined soon. We are hoping to contact a lawyer who will help us to fight the lease, and turn it into a purchase contract, as we would like to change this into a land trust, and continue to build value within the community for years to come. Any interested parties can contact us at 315-393-6252 to discuss the plans for membership, and or to help us with our current situation.
We are still working on the few remaining parts of the outdoor stage, and getting the indoor stage set-up, but we are closer now. We are also still searching for entertainment, but so far no luck from the local scene. We will continue this, but we also are looking to bring in acts from other areas that will be new to the area.
Everyone is working hard to make this work, and we hope to be able to provide them with greater compensation in the future, as we should to anyone who helps us. We are also getting prepared to build the special place, a space designed for meditation and contemplation that will hopefully balance the members. It seems like we can’t get enough done in a day, but maybe that is perception more than anything.
Got to go and start other work, will write more later. I am going to try to get more written throughout the days now, and updates as they come along, or at least that’s the hope.
Still standing…
-James-
