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From The Board Room:
Hello owners and friends of the co-op! The
Board has been meeting weekly since early Fall diligently working
on our financing campaign through owner notes, working on a Main
Street energy grant for the roof, skylights, windows, and
insulation, and exploring additional opportunities to complement and
to take advantage of the capital created through loans from our
owners.
Several of us had a very productive meeting
last week with a representative of the USDA here in North Carolina
to discuss some of the programs and possibilities offered by the
USDA through the Rural Development program.
Additionally, last week, we met with P. J.
Hoffman, a grocery floor plan designer, to firm up the floor plan in
preparation for the new roof - the first step in renovation and
upfit.
 Sharon
Dent
CSM Board President
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Interesting Tidbits:
Burlington Christmas Parade
Thank you to everyone who came out to watch the 2009
Burlington Christmas Parade with us. What a beautiful day for a
parade! We hope you enjoyed
the coffee, supplied by the newly opened Perk-O-Later Coffee Shop at
132 E. Davis St. in downtown Burlington. And the sugar cookies from
Just Deserts located in the courthouse square in Graham. We posted a
quick video snipit of the parade at
www.youtube.com/companyshops. As you can see from the video, the
parade starts at Lexington and Front St, and goes right by the co-op
building. We would love for this to be an annual tradition so we
hope we'll see you there again next year.
On the Blog:
Holiday Magic with Company Shops Market and
the City of Burlington
It was a pleasure to see all of you last Friday at
the Holiday Magic event held in downtown Burlington. In case you are
wondering where the delicious cookies came from, we have CSM owner
and frequent volunteer Liz Wells to thank for the homemade chocolate
chip and oatmeal cookies.
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This Holiday Season,
Give the Gift of Community:
Give the gift of
local food, a vibrant downtown and the vision of a sustainable
future for Alamance County.
What better way to
express your support to a loved one than to invite them to join
the Company Shops Market family. Company Shops is offering gift
memberships which can be mailed directly to your recipient with
a personalized message letting them know who sent the gift.
Give
the gift of Company Shops Market to a friend or family member
this holiday season. Oh, and don’t forget to tell others if you
want a membership for your holiday treat.
Yes, I want to send a Gift Ownership
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Meet Your
Producers Series Begins: This is our inaugural post featuring farmers and local food
produces located here in Alamance County and the surrounding
area. We at the co-op feel it is of great importance to take
advantage of the healthy local food that is abundantly available
here in North Carolina. The producers
profiled in this series have expressed interest in
participating in the local supplier program for the co-op once it opens.
We recently sent out an invitation to our prospective local
producers to participate in this series and the very first
person to respond was Max Lloyd of Grove Winery, so we will
start of with him:
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Meet Your
Producers:
Meet Max Lloyd of Grove Winery:
A brief introduction to Max Lloyd and his passion for wine:
Max Lloyd has been involved in the wine industry since 1993. He has
extensively toured many of the world’s better wine countries, judged
wine competitions and has taught a number of wine and grape themed
classes. His writing and comments have appeared in a number of
industry publications including Wine Business Monthly and Small
Winery Magazine. A successful serial entrepreneur, he along with his
wife Denise own Grove Winery. Since 2005, wines made by Mr. Lloyd
from North Carolina and Virginia grapes have won more than 80 medals
in local and international competitions.
Tell us a little about what you produce:
Grove Winery is a 44 acre farm located north of Elon in the Haw
River Valley that grows and produces Grove and Chinqua Penn brands
of wine. Denise and I are the owners.
What prompted you get involved with Company Shops Market?
We at Grove believe that Company Shops Market can be the foundation
of the growing local food movement in the Haw River Valley.
Where can we purchase your products locally?
Our products can be purchased online at
GroveWinery.com
or at the winery. The winery is open daily until 6pm for tastings
and purchases.
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Are you a local producer who wants
to be featured in our series?
If you are interested in participating on our “Meet Your
Producers” series, here is what we would need from you:
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A good quality photo of yourself, your farm or
your product.
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Basic information on what you sell and how
readers can purchase from you.
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The story of your farm or product.
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What got you involved with or why you support
Company Shops Market
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Please email info & photo to
producer@companyshopsmarket.coop with subject line “Meet
Your Producer”
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The
Numbers:
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$332,000 |
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Community Investment |
Community investments are rolling in. We have received $332,000 in
investment note loans so far. We're growing every day! Please join us in bringing Company Shops
Market Co-op Grocery to Alamance County.
Community
Investment Notes
To become a Community Investor, visit the
investment page of our website for more information, including
the
Prospectus, or if you would like a packet mailed to you, please
email Sharon Dent at
contact@companyshopsmarket.coop
Invest in your market . . . your
community . . . and yourselves!
So when are YOU going to
open the coop?
Please visit the
Become An Investor Page for more.
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Want to hear more from the co-op? Get the latest news
and join the conversion on the
Blog,
Twitter and
Facebook.
Nathan Perry & Sarah Cook
Co-Managers of Communications and Brand Management
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