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TONIGHT, August 13th

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Hello and Happy August,

In July, I gave a special thanks to a few of the many people and companies whose incredible work made our remodel successful. I would like to keep with that theme for another newsletter and share several more of the people we have been fortunate enough to work with on the remodel at Maria’s Bookshop:

-         Joe Schafer – Molly Brown Painting – Joe did everything from touching up the ceiling to repainting entire rooms near the back of the store. It’s amazing what an impact touching up the old paint can have on the appearance of the store. You would not believe the size of the cobwebs Joe found on the ceiling!

-         Adam Duhs – American Tel-Com – Adam helped us make sense of and replace two decades of patched together computer networking. We came out the other side of this remodel with a brand-new network system, and it only took about ten trips into the crawl space to make it happen.

-         TL Roofing and Exterior – The initial motivation for our entire remodel started with a need to replace the 20-year-old roof on the building. One thing led to another, and before we knew it, we had talked ourselves into an extensive remodel instead of just buying a new roof. Go figure. Roofing is an immensely underappreciated job, and we are very grateful for the great job TL Roofing did.

Other companies involved in the project include Feeney Architect, Goff Engineering, Mason Electric, Boss Mechanical, and so many more. It’s been a pleasure to work with every one of them.

Of course, we’re still not done, but we’re inching closer every day.

Thanks for reading,

Evan