Any ideas for what to use a schoolhouse for?

[edfurlong]

Rock.

[MikeNaked]

Sounds like it could be a nice renovated hotel/event center like the Kennedy School in Portland, if you can bring the traffic. Buy up some adjacent land for a golf course.

[WhoIam]

In Pittsburgh some developer turned a schoolhouse into upscale lofts. This was in a trendy area in the middle of the city so I'm not sure it would work for you.

[Redmen62]

Business retreat/event center?

[edfurlong]

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Wow, that place is pretty hot.

[XXXNoahXXX]

Columbine-themed Paintball adventures...

[mulebennett]

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In Pittsburgh some developer turned a schoolhouse into upscale lofts. This was in a trendy area in the middle of the city so I'm not sure it would work for you.

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that sounds tight

[wet work]

My gf has been putting together a business plan for a kid's birthday party/event spot. This property sounds like it could be perfect for something like this.

When we were in London last year we took our kids to this place
Blue Kangaroo and they loved it. THe thing that my gf intends to do to separate it from all the other places like this is to have everything be organic. Also her partner is an incredible cake maker, she turned down a job offer to work for that guy who has the show Ace of Cakes on the Food Network, so that's a big bonus resource-wise as they can also cater out for other events, ie. weddings etc.

My gf is also an excellent cook/chef with a lot of experience in the restaurant business and is an all around highly motivated positive person. She also has plans to start a chocolate line that would be linked in somehow.

She does all THe Natural Food expos for her clothing jewelry business and talked to a few people and the feedback she's gotten has been really positive. she actually mad ea tenative meeting with the owner of Stonyfield Farms who said that if she could get it up and running he'd be willing to help her franchise, that's how good the response was.

We're looking to get hers up and running this year. But I think the whole organic thing is a great angle to make a niche in that business. People spend ridiculous money for these parties and we feel by making it a bit more upscale than say Chuck E Cheese, etc. There's a good chance she'll succeed, plus she's just the personality type for this business.

So far we've been having problems finding a really good location. There was one possibility near the local Whole Foods (our exact target market) but the building had too many issues so we passed. It sounds like the spot you've found could have some potential in this regard. Anyway, good luck.

[crazy canuck]

Japanese style love hotel.

[sputnik3000]

Plow some girls?