|  Let's
Move
By Kenna S. Eaton, from the September
2005 Newsletter
We had a plan, or maybe a wild fantasy, of blocking off Washington
Street and moving jars, bags, and boxes with a human chain, from
the back door of the present Co-op to our new location. However,
since Washington Street is actually Idaho Highway 95, we were
not able to get the permits to stop traffic.
Now we have a new plan for how you can help us move all of this
stuff. On Sunday, September 25th, at the crack of dawn (or perhaps
a tad
later) a crowd of perky volunteers packs up product, puts it
in shopping carts (or bike carts and wagons, if you have them)
and they move
our stuff to its new home, there to be unpacked and shelved.
Wahoo!
We won’t be closing the highway, we’ll be obeying the
traffic laws, and we’ll get the products to their new home.
Since obviously this will not quite take care of everything,
we have arranged for a moving company to move the heavy stuff.
The rest of
the non-perishable products will be hauled over in pickup trucks.
So we need you to sign up to help pack, push a cart, or bring
a truck on Sunday, September 25th. We will be able to give you
more exact
details of the time and requirements as the date approaches.
Please sign up at the Co-op to help with our move. Sign-up sheets
will be posted at the front of the store and if you have a little
red wagon you can bring it along also. Hey, you might even get
your picture in the paper.
Moving Schedule of Events
One of the hardest decisions over the past few months has been
to come up with a solid “move–in” date. In our
little world everything revolves around this date—from contractors
getting their work done in a timely manner to shelves arriving
on time and brokers planning their trips to Moscow to help put
products on the shelves; the list of those affected goes on and
on. We finally came up with a good move date and now we’re
going to stick to it—if for no other reason than we have
to: the new tenants moving in here wouldn’t be happy sharing
what little space there is with us!
So
here’s
the schedule of events related to moving:
Note: This schedule has now been updated.
Probably the
most common question (after “When are we moving?”)
I get right now is “What happens if everything isn’t
ready?” Well, the answer is we’ll move anyway. Our
present lease expires September 30 and we have no choice but to
be out of here by then. And we really just need to get into our
new space, regardless of what is or is not done.
However, I’m actually extremely pleased by the progress being
made at the job site. Every day I wander down there to marvel at
the changes that have taken place seemingly overnight. Our crew
works hard to make sure that everything is getting done on time
and on budget. But I especially want to thank Jim Gale, Joe Riley,
Emily Sly, Gustaf Sarkkinen, Brad Baker, and last, but certainly
not least, Jack Carpenter who has guided this crew and project
with enviable calmness, unruffled by the many challenges. Thanks
y’all!
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