FINALLY
As of this morning, 5/11/23, the work has finally started on putting up the building. As I understand it, additional materials are being delivered tomorrow and things should move relatively quickly in getting the shell up and set for the General Contractor and our Moose Members who've volunteered, to begin steps to work on the inside. There has been a rather ridiculous number of phone calls and forms to deal with due to some discrepancies by the building company as new personnel took over parts without having all the information on what we had arranged. Now, we are Finally moving forward!
Building Updates
Currently, we are involved with the only real bid that makes sense. A few hiccups (par for the course) have come up. First, we have since been told we need to incorporate a fire sprinkler system. Initially, that was not required due to being under the 9000 sq feet requirement. However, with the occupancy level factored in, that has changed. Additionally, we are having some issues with the county over their presumption that we are a bar and restaurant rather than a club. This is under discussion at this time as the differences in permits contain differing requirements. Also, we are working to get with the banks to see what type of loan information we can obtain prior to taking our financial requests to Moose International. On the upside, the bid was finally broken down for costs and we are happy to say that some things will work for us as we've committed to doing certain portions of the work ourselves following the basic measures necessary to complete it. I still cannot give a specific time frame just yet as we are in the middle of so many paperwork processes even before we go to International for the final approvals following a General Meeting to put this all down in the minutes. Please be patient. We are getting there slowly but surely.
Those who have stayed with us through thick and thin, you have been invaluable. Several have made donations that have helped us keep this project going, but the support of all our members will be instrumental in our success. We welcome our former members back and would love to know that we reaching out the community to encourage our friends and family to take part in this amazing opportunity to grow and improve.
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