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667 - Neighbour of the Beast
A few years ago I was riding in Alabama and I had the good fortune to stumble across 29 Dreams (https://www.29dreams.com). Had a great time there and have been on their mailing list ever since.
Unfortunately today I got the newsletter which announces that they can't afford to stay in business any longer.
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Times are hard for everyone, and 29 Dreams is not exempt from the perils of a difficult economy either. We are indeed not exempt.
Try as we may, we just cannot seem to keep our cart out of the ditch. We’re just not able to keep this private country club going. Weather’s a big factor, cash flow, demand for an actual membership or renewals themselves, vendor surcharges, service repair issues, and even some of the simple things, they’ve just caused us to reach the point of not being able to recover financially.
We want you to know, we’ve written this particular newsletter a few times. We’ve shed a million tears, and we’ve had some heated arguments too. We’ve been around for awhile, and none of this is easy. Not even, kind of easy, or, sort of easy. It just plain sucks.
We’ve been here for eight years. We can’t believe it ourselves. That’s a while in anyone’s book. We look over the customer pictures and we see all kinds of faces, people we’ve met, people we’ve come to love, and yes, a few that we’ve actually asked not to renew their memberships. How did that become a Kodak moment?
Life deals you some blows sometimes. It’s how you handle them long term that counts. Stay positive. And that’s what we’ve done and that’s what we’re doing here at 29. We’re staying positive. We’ve knocked down every brick wall erected in front of us. We’ve never given up. We’ve played our hand to the best of our ability. But financially, this time, it’s over, it’s time to say when. Our website www.29dreams.com will have more information listed during the coming weeks, including our new hours of operations, especially during weekdays.
Thank you also for being a part of 29 Dreams, we hope we get to say goodbye in person. Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 6:00 PM the doors of 29 Dreams Motorcycle Resort will close for the final time.
If you find yourself in the neighborhood before November 9th, stop by and say goodbye in person. It’ll be good to thank each of you in person.
Ride Safe,
The Staff at 29
Unfortunately today I got the newsletter which announces that they can't afford to stay in business any longer.
-------------------------------------------------------
Times are hard for everyone, and 29 Dreams is not exempt from the perils of a difficult economy either. We are indeed not exempt.
Try as we may, we just cannot seem to keep our cart out of the ditch. We’re just not able to keep this private country club going. Weather’s a big factor, cash flow, demand for an actual membership or renewals themselves, vendor surcharges, service repair issues, and even some of the simple things, they’ve just caused us to reach the point of not being able to recover financially.
We want you to know, we’ve written this particular newsletter a few times. We’ve shed a million tears, and we’ve had some heated arguments too. We’ve been around for awhile, and none of this is easy. Not even, kind of easy, or, sort of easy. It just plain sucks.
We’ve been here for eight years. We can’t believe it ourselves. That’s a while in anyone’s book. We look over the customer pictures and we see all kinds of faces, people we’ve met, people we’ve come to love, and yes, a few that we’ve actually asked not to renew their memberships. How did that become a Kodak moment?
Life deals you some blows sometimes. It’s how you handle them long term that counts. Stay positive. And that’s what we’ve done and that’s what we’re doing here at 29. We’re staying positive. We’ve knocked down every brick wall erected in front of us. We’ve never given up. We’ve played our hand to the best of our ability. But financially, this time, it’s over, it’s time to say when. Our website www.29dreams.com will have more information listed during the coming weeks, including our new hours of operations, especially during weekdays.
Thank you also for being a part of 29 Dreams, we hope we get to say goodbye in person. Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 6:00 PM the doors of 29 Dreams Motorcycle Resort will close for the final time.
If you find yourself in the neighborhood before November 9th, stop by and say goodbye in person. It’ll be good to thank each of you in person.
Ride Safe,
The Staff at 29
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