Apologies, I’ve been way too busy with work stuff recently,..
Interested to see how this is progressing. Original lease is still up:
Established Cafe & Grocery in Prime Location!
Was/am still hopeful the Realtor
@laceyblackman could negotiate something, though 140k for 2-3 year lease buyout is pretty short, so may be trying to get at least 5 year (that’s what I’d do).
In terms of suggestions for improvements:
0) friendly, educated, team
1] see if you can get a sponsored sign for new property on I-90 w and e, bonus for Tesla, though at least a prominent EV Fast charger sign would help. Once you’re on the feeder a larger sign would be helpful.
2) I’d chat to Tesla supercharging team and see if they can get you discounted merchandising rate. If they can’t you might be able to get via official PacNW Tesla owners club, hit up
@brianman.
3) host a Tesla/EV rally and bbq cookout. Many on here would likely help, self-included if I’m around. Nothing like a convoy of Teslas yo peak some attention, and get the local papers engaged
4) I’d avoid “Tesla” discount. A) it’s not needed and B) it may well cause offense to local, regular, clientele.
5] +1 on keeping bucket with windshield squeegee. Buy a few, and avoid Tesla logo on them to minimize loss.
6) WiFi. Free WiFi, with nice advert on cover-page/terms of use acceptance. Limit to 60 mins to avoid idlers. Ubiquity has good, reliable, hardware and very flexible configurations with remote management, guest keys**, etc, at very good pricing.
7) restrooms, after hours may be tricky though
8) range of grab’n’go healthy foods and gluten free options (selfishly ;-))
**might want guests to come to get free vouchers in order to come into store to encourage purchase, and be open to all outside of store hours