— from Learner Limbach —
Renovations are officially underway at the Orcas Food Co-op as around 40 members showed up in full force this past Saturday to start work on the space. It was a great turnout and an atmosphere buzzing with the feeling of community working together.
The work consisted of scraping all the linoleum tiles from the floor and loading them into a trailer to go to the dump, deconstructing a couple of walls near the kitchen, moving equipment to a storage unit off-site and removing old carpet from the upstairs.
In addition to all that, Co-op members also helped process about a hundred pounds of garlic that will be planted at Maple Rock Farm.
The work party had been announced as being from 9 a.m.–3 p.m., but the 40 or so people who came to help were so effective that we ran out of things to do by 12:30!
There was also an incredible array of food and refreshments.
Big thanks to everyone who showed up. Stay tuned for more to come!
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