DRDC President Roger Brawn Opens meeting
Secretary Report: Sandy
Treasurer Report: Dave
President updates Roger Brawn
Dexter Community Project Building Updates: (Roger & Judy)
Ø 2nd floor update; working with Charleston Correctional Crew
Ø Leaky wall: met with contractors & had site evaluation; site inspection of Dexter Café’s leak; DRDC Board met to decide how to move forward; talk with CDBG Terry Ann Stevens on how to proceed; met with Engineers on site; hired Engineer firm
Ø Interview by Jeff Nichols of ME Rural Partners for their InspireME program (available online)
Ø New blueprints printed at Central Maine Drafting & they scanned so that future prints for General Contractors who will bid in the near future.
Ø Talked with DDATT to parallel our efforts in the community
Ø Called Tri-County Tech Center for design, green technology, art department etc. to collaborate with students
Ø Created new Newsletter format using MailChimp, updated website, blog, photo album & Facebook for seamless information and linked all to one another for easy access.
DCFP NEW BUSINESS, Ideas and To Do List:
Ø Chair lift donated by Frank Spizuoco of Maine Military Supply
- we will need to pay for installation cost
- we will need to pay for installation cost
Ø Create a “New” farmer survey to distribute again. The last was 2 ½ years ago and distribute via online, newspapers, local businesses.
Ø Identify farms who want to participate at opening
Ø Creating a Bulk Distribution List for wholesale sales ie: schools, restaurants, institutions
Ø Sebasticook Valley Chamber of Commerce Biz Show in May 5th (do we want to have a table?)... if so, volunteers?
Ø Work bee office area cleaning & setting up (Thursday is supposed to be warm)
Ø Source Wood for wall dividing office & conference room area
Ø Lights & ideas: Work Bee making lights (have examples)
Ø Investigate licensing & permits needed for opening
Ø Find funding for startup costs: goods, personnel, etc.
General Discussion / Q & A
General Discussion / Q & A
ADD ONS....
Bid Information (sent to Directors)
The bids have come in for an Engineer Firm to redesign the leaky wall and the only one that come for a walk thru was Plymouth Engineering.
Roger and I both like the guys when they came by on Wednesday for the "Look See".
I have talked with Terry Ann Stevens at the CDBG office and she has given the go ahead to contact them, which I did.
Keith Ewing is my contact there, and he is hoping they can start in 3 weeks or less, knowing we are in a time crunch with the opening & planting season.
I have attached the bid for the proposed redesign (which Terry Ann said was very reasonable). I got one estimate that it would be $7000 at the very least. wow!
The next steps are as follows:
Roger and I both like the guys when they came by on Wednesday for the "Look See".
I have talked with Terry Ann Stevens at the CDBG office and she has given the go ahead to contact them, which I did.
Keith Ewing is my contact there, and he is hoping they can start in 3 weeks or less, knowing we are in a time crunch with the opening & planting season.
I have attached the bid for the proposed redesign (which Terry Ann said was very reasonable). I got one estimate that it would be $7000 at the very least. wow!
The next steps are as follows:
- Receive their bid
- Give to Jason to put in the Bid Package for finishing the building
- Jason sends to Terry Ann for approval
- Send out to papers
- Walk through with bidders
- Pick contractors
- Start the building process....
......Potentially we can start by mid to late April if all goes right!!!!!!!!
So we are off an running!!!
So we are off an running!!!
Other updates
Today I got an email from Karen L. Walsh, Instructor of the Graphic Design & Communications at Tri-County Technical Center. I am meeting her and some students at the store tomorrow for them to take measurements of the store windows and they are going to start “creating”.
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