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| − | The | + | The 5pts shop including the loft is 4012 sqft (costing $850/mo). 1st Floor is 2660 sqft, Loft is 1352 sqft. It is larger than our current shop. It could eat our shop and still have room. |
There is A/C and heat in the office. There is a small kitchen area. 2 bathrooms. There is also a sink in the loft. One of the bathrooms has a shower. There is no A/C/ heating unit in the actual warehouse area. But the current tenant says he was using a kerosene heater. We may be able to even negotiate this issue. Another con is a lack of insulation which could offset the savings in rent, but we can get a history of utility bills to assess that. | There is A/C and heat in the office. There is a small kitchen area. 2 bathrooms. There is also a sink in the loft. One of the bathrooms has a shower. There is no A/C/ heating unit in the actual warehouse area. But the current tenant says he was using a kerosene heater. We may be able to even negotiate this issue. Another con is a lack of insulation which could offset the savings in rent, but we can get a history of utility bills to assess that. | ||
Revision as of 09:10, 19 April 2011
From various notes on the 5Pts Shop:
The 5pts shop including the loft is 4012 sqft (costing $850/mo). 1st Floor is 2660 sqft, Loft is 1352 sqft. It is larger than our current shop. It could eat our shop and still have room.
There is A/C and heat in the office. There is a small kitchen area. 2 bathrooms. There is also a sink in the loft. One of the bathrooms has a shower. There is no A/C/ heating unit in the actual warehouse area. But the current tenant says he was using a kerosene heater. We may be able to even negotiate this issue. Another con is a lack of insulation which could offset the savings in rent, but we can get a history of utility bills to assess that.
Tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, 4/19/11) we will be meeting at the current shop, at 6:30 pm, to take a field trip to the newly proposed shop (yellowish warehouse on the corner). Afterwards there will be a vote. I want to personally encourage everyone to come out and see the new place, as I feel the pictures don't really do it justice.
This is something that has to happen rather quickly. There is a meeting Wednesday afternoon with our current landlord and we need to know how people feel. There will also be a short discussion after the vote, if this passes, to determine if there is any kind of sweet-spot-deal to stay where we are. That is, if the current landlord wants to negotiate much lower than what we are paying now.
We will not be sending ballots to multiple people. If you want to vote, you will send me your absentee ballot. I will have someone at the shop help me count the physical votes and will submit a physical vote for each absentee, sub identifying information. Absentee ballots will be accepted until 7:00 pm. After we are all back from our field trip and have voted -- we will count and release the results. I will retain all ballots, physical and absentee, for two weeks and then destroy them
Previously did a field trip on 4/9. General assessment was that there would be work required to repair the driveway, loft structure and general cleanup. But otherwise, the bigger space and lower cost was a plus.
Directions to 5 Points Workshop:
- From 565 (going East or West) exit to Oakwood Avenue.
- Turn South to Andrew Jackson Way (intersects Oakwood immediately East of intersection of 565 and Oakwood).
- Turn West to Stevens Ave.
- Arrive at intersection of Schiffmann and Stevens.
Photographs of Shop:
