October 23rd, 2007 Meeting

Mark and I want to thank everyone who attended the supplier's information session last night. We enjoyed seeing each of you again - and for some of you, meeting you for the first time. We anticipate that each of you will host a wildly successful charity bingo - and hope you do, too.

Also thanks to the team from Lancaster Bingo: Tony, Bill, Jake, and Tim. I appreciate the informal approach you took with our charitable groups and the overview you provided to them. Our teams have many decisions to make related to their game programs and you gave very good advice.

Thanks also to the staff at Nansemond River Golf Club. Cathy's food was delicious and Jeff did a terrific job of taking care of all of us. Blantant - thanks for suggesting this nice venue and for helping out during the evening. I see why this space is lovely for weddings and other special events.

To our team members: Diane, Jim, and April - thanks for attending and providing support to the session. Mark and I always appreciate the work you do. Justin also did a great job helping us set up before the meeting and passing out handouts during the evening.

As you begin to think about your own games, please let Mark and me know what we can do to help. You can make suggestions right here; this blogspot is not open to the public so don't be shy about making suggestions. We want to support you in any way we can. We can't be a part of your game, but we can make sure the environment and office support is there for you.

Thanks again, everyone. Please visit this site often for updates and important information related to the Wynn Charitable Event Center.

Thanks for Attending the October 23, 2007 Meeting

The Site's First Entry

As promised, Mark and I want to have a space for you to keep track of how things are going with the construction of the Wynn Center - our wonderful new charitable event center. We'll be posting pictures and making notes about our progress along the way. We've already completed so many things - and the construction should start rolling soon after we have the okay from the city to proceed.

So, what's been done to date? We have our zoning classification (Public Assembly, Indoors) and the architectural plans are looking great. (Jon Covington is our architect.) The folks at Hassell and Folkes have guided us through the studies (e.g., traffic, environmental, fiscal) we've needed and they have submitted the application for our Conditional Use Permit.

We've purchased and/or made the prototypes of the tables and chairs. At this point, some of you have seen the chairs. The prototypes of the rectangular and round tables are in - and they are spectacular. There won't be a facility that has anything like this.

Diane, Jim, and I are having quite a bit of fun planning and preparing the inside of the Center. It will be fabulous and our customers are going to feel great from the moment they drive onto the property until the time the leave.

As this blog site develops, don't be shy about asking questions or adding your own ideas - that's what this is about - to share the construction experience as a group.

I'll be adding pictures along the way, as well as many that we've already taken. So visit often, we'll be making changes regularly!!!!!