> [TheForge] Re: 250# Murray

[Mike Spencer]

Ralph> 	Sounds like the start of a good thing. 

Yes, I think so.  There was already a project afoot to find a
clubhouse.  Maybe the hammer will lend a little additional impetus.

Ralph>  Don't put up a building on leased land like our club did -
Ralph> waaaaaay to many hassles!

The NS Antique Engine & Tractor club has had real good results by
contracting with the Windsor Exhibition -- the oldest agricultural
exhibition/fair in Canada -- to build a clubhouse & workshop on the
exhibition grounds.  They agreed to build the building and put on an
engine & tractor show once a year.  The Ex provides access to
utilities, some security and a long-term lease.

There's a vacant building near me that would be splendid, a
warehouse-sized place on a main highway but without near neighbors to
be bothered.  Only it isn't central to the region our club serves,
kinda like building the NH clubhouse in Odell. :-)

   In 1850 the town of Odell had a population of one.  In 1860 that
   resident had either died or moved away.
                                      -- NH Gazetteer of 1860


> Finding something like a historic farm, machine museum,
> etc.......that'll want it around and have folks come by to use it on
> site.

There's a couple of historic "villages" and a Museum of Industry.  But
all such sites in NS are, AFAIK, government museum entities.  I'm not
part of the team that's pursuing this, probably a good thing, since
the idea of trying to negotiate with the gummint over something like a
clubhouse for a NGO gives me the willies.  A more even-tempered person
might actually be able to explore it as a productive strategy.


- Mike

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