[ShareTompkins] Saving Ludgate's?

[Monika Mehta]

That's a wonderful idea!  We'd be willing to help with the funds.  Could 
you find out if this is possible?

Monika

On 11/29/2011 10:08 AM, Shira Golding wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've just heard the sad news that Ludgate's, a wonderful locally-owned 
> grocer, is closing down!
>
> Having recently moved from downtown to Hanshaw Road, within biking 
> distance to the store, we have come to treasure this shop for its 
> wonderful selection, friendly staff and general awesomeness. So I'm 
> wondering if there is a scenario in which the store could be saved by 
> becoming a cooperative, similar to what the community was able to do 
> for Buffalo Street Books not that long ago.
>
> Perhaps it is too late in the game to suggest such a strategy, but me 
> and my partner Ari would definitely be able to invest a couple hundred 
> dollars to save a wonderful place that fills an important niche in the 
> economy by providing lots of healthy, organic and vegan food options 
> to folks who live up on the hill.
>
> What do others think?
>
> - Shira :)
>
> Shira Golding Evergreen
> shiraevergreen at gmail.com <mailto:shiraevergreen at gmail.com>
> http://www.shirari.com
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:00 PM, fcna-ithaca at googlegroups.com 
> <mailto:fcna-ithaca at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Closing Ludgate's 
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/fcna-ithaca/t/d685428618647ffe>
>>
>>     Mihal Ronen-Clay <ithacami at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:ithacami at gmail.com>>Nov 28 02:17PM -0500
>>
>>     *Subject: **Closing Ludgate's*
>>
>>     Dear friends,
>>
>>     As many of you know, after a difficult year struggling with sales
>>     at the
>>     store, we have made the decision to close Ludgate's. It's with a
>>     heavy
>>     heart that we will be shutting down this unique locally owned
>>     independent
>>     business, a store I cared deeply for. Simply put, it hasn't been
>>     in the
>>     black for a number of years now -- and we can no longer sustain it.
>>
>>     So I'm writing to ask you for your support in getting the word
>>     out that we
>>     will be open to sell off the remaining inventory, the store
>>     equipment and
>>     holiday trees, etc for the next few weeks. *Store hours **for this
>>     shutting down period **start Tues, Nov 29: Noon-7pm.*
>>
>>     We are selling 10 different varieties of cut trees grown without
>>     fertilizers or pesticides from a tree farmer in Caroline, giant
>>     poinsettias
>>     from a regional nursery (Waterville, near where lived before we
>>     came to
>>     Ithaca) and locally produced wreaths. We even have 5 live trees
>>     (spruces)
>>     that you can transplant after the holidays.
>>
>>     We also need to sell as much of our remaining inventory as
>>     possible. We
>>     have many dry goods (beans, grains, dried fruit, nuts, spices,
>>     tea, coffee)
>>     remaining. Beautiful stoneware crocks & bowls, Weck canning jars and
>>     cheesemaking supplies. Also, lots of jars of Scandinavian pickled
>>     herring! And...chocolate.
>>
>>     If you can pass the word along to listservs you belong to or
>>     mention it to
>>     people you meet, it would be a great help to us.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Kate
>>
>>     PS: I will be putting in a final bulk order, if you care to stock
>>     up on
>>     anything. Here's the website
>>     form<http://www.ludgatefarms.com/site/bulkorder>
>>     .
>>
>>     --
>>
>>     *Katie Quinn-Jacobs*
>>     Proprietor & COO
>>     Ludgate Farm & Market
>>     1552 Hanshaw Road
>>     Ithaca, NY 14850
>>
>>     Tel: 607.257.1765
>>     Fax: 607.257.1436
>>     Web: ludgatefarms.com
>>     [image: Ludgate Logo]
>>
>
>
>
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Monika Mehta
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