Now that summer is over, let’s get down to details……..some of you may have heard that we were looking for a site that might be suited for our own gallery and studio space.  We were in touch with Steen and Jody about a wonderful building that they own that would work as both.  Boy were our heads spinning as we looked over the space.   “What could we do” “this would be so cool to do this” and “can’t you just see this”.  Then we got down to brass tacks so to speak……several of us sat down for coffee and hashed over everything, even writing down a pros and cons column, and in reality the lists were pretty even across the board, and then reality hit us…….we, as a non profit, do not, or will not, every have enough money to rent a facility for even a couple of months.  Have you seen the cost of rental property?  $8 – $12 a SQUARE FOOT.  So with our dreams shattered, we realized that we need a Fairy Godmother, one who would like to donate a place for us.  (anyone know of such a person?)  We love where we are at Out of the Box, but with them renting space also, that is not always going to be an option.  And now that I hear about the city voting to allow a large hotel to go up in the space formerly in the Skate Zone, will Armstrong Furniture sell that building to a hotel chain?  What will the future hold?  Who knows, but we will forever be an organization that sticks together.  Carmen Stineman