GR EG RUT H A N A L L-VO LU N T E E R N O N - P RO F I T MO N T H LY N E W S PA P E R SI N C E 1 9 7 6 VO L M M X X I I I N O 5 M AY 2 0 2 3 F R E E TO R ESI D E N T S Campaign to Save Elmer’s Store Is About to Cross Finish Line by larry parnass Thanks to a...
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GR EG RUT H A N A L L-VO LU N T E E R N O N - P RO F I T MO N T H LY N E W S PA P E R SI N C E 1 9 7 6 VO L M M X X I I I N O 5 M AY 2 0 2 3 F R E E TO R ESI D E N T S Campaign to Save Elmer’s Store Is About to Cross Finish Line by larry parnass Thanks to a late surge in donations, enough Nan Parati Owned money has been raised for a nonprofit to take Elmer’s. She’s Ecstatic. ownership of Elmer’s, the iconic but perenni- ally troubled commercial landmark. by nan parati On April 21, a team of volunteers announced that it had raised $304,208. For the last three days the song “Dancing in “This is enough to pay for the purchase the Streets” has been cuttin’ the rug all over price, closing costs and insurance, and to my brain, kicking the furniture out the way, begin some modest repairs,” the group not resting even when I’m supposed to be announced in an email to the community. sleeping — kind of like owning a restaurant in “Of course, we will still need to fundraise for the world of never s
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