Water Upgrade & Construction Update

Got the the well drilled just in time!

Our fundraising campaign has ended and, even though we didn’t quite meet our goal and the costs were almost double our estimates (we are not contractors), we are moving upward and onward.  We ended up needing a larger septic system than anticipated and our well dug deeper then we guessed, but it is all AWESOME! And we are making progress and moving persistently forward. It is all good news for us!

Thank you for all the support, emotional and financial, from all our friends and family! Through you we were able to raise $8,300.00!

Special thanks to these people! You are so generous to us with your support and beliefs in who we are and what we are capable of!

• Anonymous ($6,000 outside of online campaign)
• Anonymous  ($2,000 outside of online campaign)
• Buffy and Chris Leonard
• John Lahtinen
• Patti and Angelo Rella
• Anonymous
• Dawn Meifert   

We have added in our own personal savings and what we have made in sales over the five months to bring it up to cover the $17,900.00 costs of the septic, the well digging and installation, hot water heater and plumbing supplies (not including bathroom).

We currently have under control:

• the septic complete and ready to be brought into the building
• the well has been dug and pump installed
• we have been doing as much as we can of the internal plumbing lines installation ourselves to save on labor costs
• hot water heater purchased and installed

Even though we are so close… we cannot say for sure when we will be back in production and can’t make any promises on whether we will still be able to open the tasting room in the spring. We’re working as much as we are able to and as fast as we can, even in this arctic -14° weather!

Still to go – Next steps:

• complete running plumbing lines inside building
• bathroom, tasting room sink and cleaning station installation
  • running plumbing/pipes from septic into building
  • building bathroom walls
  • constructing floor above concrete
  • purchase and install toilet and sink in bathroom
  • purchase and install cleaning station equipment
  • install tasting room sink
• create drainage in building
  • jackhammer floors
  • install drains
• Professionally re-do floors
• Heat Upgrade
  • Upgrade heating/furnace system to extend heat tasting and storage room
• Complete tasting room
  • Entryway: finish construction, décor and make a path from parking area
  • Décor
  • Set up cocktail bar areas (shelves, dry sink, racks, refrigerator etc.)
  • Set up retail area
  • Finish flooring
• DREAM PROJECT is to complete before opening:
  • Construct outdoor stage area and seating for bands/movies
  • Firepit and seating by the brook
  • Outdoor electricity for band and food truck access

While we are under construction, we are first working to get water flowing into the building, once that is going we will be in production and construction… gotta’ keep the product flowing!

Hope to see you in the Spring!! CHEERS!

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