MEMBER PROFILE
Michelle Menter
I've been an entrepeneur for years now, and I credit my ability to start and keep going to the Business CENTS program. Leslie Ackerman, Business CENT's director, suggested Cornell's BR Legal services when I needed to form a LLC, and Legal Zoom couldn't get me there. She helped me think through my business structure and marketing plan for starting my vacation rental business. It's a good thing Business CENTS exists - to help folks like me launch a new idea with a sense of support behind me. Thanks!
Building the Building
Architect's drawing of our new location, completed in the Fall 2002.
Time Line
| September, 2002 |
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| Moving the boulder. Our new sign. |
| Opening Day, August 19, 2002 |
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| Dan Hoffman, Jim Shutter, Gene Brennan, and our first line of customers |
| August 2002 |
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| View from Seneca Street, Lazure painted walls. |
| July 2002 |
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| View from Seneca Street as the brick goes up |
| June 2002 |
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| Bricks before and after |
| May 2002 |
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| Views from State Street and Seneca Street |
| April 2002 |
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| Wrapped in Tyvek, the staff visits the site |
| March 2002 |
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| Bill Myers, CEO, describes the plans to staff |
| February 2002 |
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| Signing of the Beams |
| January 2002 |
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The look of the building emerges, with the roof sheeted
and tar papered,
and the arch defined. |
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| The roof trusses go on. |
| December 2001 |
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| The building takes shape as the steel structure goes up. |
| November 2001 |
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| Pouring the concrete into the waffle foundation. |
| October 2001 
Director of Consumer Lending,
Ronda Porras thinks daughter
Veronica Johnson
should wear
her hard hat while
breaking ground.
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Crowds at the groundbreaking.
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Preparing for the waffle foundation. |
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| November 2000 
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What's that big hole?
Environmental remediation. |
| September 2000 
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Nothing but rubble. |
| July 2000 
Going, going.
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Gone.
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Demolition begins 06/28/00 at the
corner of Fulton and
Seneca Streets. |
6/29/00 |
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| March 2000 
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The building site is being readied
for the upcoming demolition work.
Bids are being accepted for asbestos
remediation and demolition.
Groundbreaking is tentatively
scheduled for late Spring.
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built by Cyrus
