Groundbreaking a Big Success!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 12:32PM We're On Our Way!
Thanks to everyone who made our Groundbreaking Ceremony such a great success, and thanks even more to all of you, who got us where we are : We own our building, we have started construction, and in a few months, we will have our very own store in the heart of our community. As we move closer to opening, it is time to start the next phase of our ongoing Member Loan program.
CreekSide Co-op Groundbreaking a Big Success!
Close to 200 members and others came out on a damp February afternoon to help celebrate this joyful event. We'd like to thank the local politicians who came out to support us, especially, Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro and Cheltenham Township Commissioner Morton Simon, who both spoke so eloquently, as well as those who also came out to celebrate with us, including State Representative Larry Curry, Montgomery County Commissioner Leslie Richards, and Cheltenham Township commissioners Art Haywood, Drew Sharkey, and Daniel Norris, Kurt Imhof from U.S. Sen. Robert Casey's office and Jamila Hall from the office of State Senator Leanna Washington, as well as Sean McElroy from the USDA. We would also like to thank, both for their help in making this a reality, and also for joining us in this celebration, TRF's Christina Szczepanski, who was joined by Patricia Smith and Sara Vernon Sterman, and from Vantage Point Bank, Marshal Granor, who was joined by Walt Tillman, Tamar Granor, and Bernard Granor.
We would not have been able to put this celebration together without the help of our wonderful volunteers, including Greta Miles, Karen Irgang, Lori Siegal, Robert Graebner, Amy Steffan, Maureen Hicks, Lisa Stockebrande and Will Marchetti, our fabulaous musicians, Ben Laden, Ken Ulansey, and Dave Posmontier. And of course, the 1,400 members who are CreekSide Co-op. Go Co-op!