I got word today that we'll be closing our construction loan this Wednesday at 10am. This hot injection of cash could not come at a better time. For various reasons our funds are tied up in real estate and "soft costs" and being held by our banks as security, which has left little in the coffers. I would now like to introduce the latest supporters of this brewery project: Peoples Gas and Com Ed. Our local utilities have banded together to provide generous credit to us in this time of need and we thank them immensely. Compared to credit card late fees, I must say that not paying your gas and light bills ain't so bad. They don't even try to charge interest on that large deposit they request to setup service for a new company. And it has been a few months and they have yet to threaten to cut off service! Is there some business equivalent to the Citizens Utility Board that I should thank for such friendly policies?
Hopefully by Wednesday afternoon that scar on our credit will cease to get worse and the utilities and everybody else we owe small sums of money to (namely our lawyers and architects) will get paid. And our contractor will get to work, which is really what I've been waiting for. On the bright side, with all of our paperwork into the bank, the main issuing remaining is where to go for that first beer downtown around noon? As a sentimentalist, I'm leaning towards the Berghoff.