MEMBER PROFILE
Pat and Jackie Moe, Finger Lakes Beverage Center
My wife Jackie, my son Nicholas and I saw the need for a business offering a wide variety of beverages that appealed to all ethnic groups. The Beverage Center meets this need. We offer a wide variety of beers and gourmet sodas. Our customers can mix and match, special order and even take home draft beer through our Growlers System. We’re excited about this new business venture and we have Alternatives to thank for it. Getting a loan at Alternatives has been a tremendous experience. They’ve been cooperative, supportive and enthusiastic about our business. Their ideas have been helpful. We really appreciate the entire Alternatives staff. We’re glad to be a business supported by Alternatives. They’ve certainly made a difference for us.
Building the Building
Architect's drawing of our new location, completed in the Fall 2002.
Time Line
| September, 2002 |
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| Moving the boulder. Our new sign. |
| Opening Day, August 19, 2002 |
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| Dan Hoffman, Jim Shutter, Gene Brennan, and our first line of customers |
| August 2002 |
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| View from Seneca Street, Lazure painted walls. |
| July 2002 |
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| View from Seneca Street as the brick goes up |
| June 2002 |
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| Bricks before and after |
| May 2002 |
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| Views from State Street and Seneca Street |
| April 2002 |
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| Wrapped in Tyvek, the staff visits the site |
| March 2002 |
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| Bill Myers, CEO, describes the plans to staff |
| February 2002 |
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| Signing of the Beams |
| January 2002 |
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The look of the building emerges, with the roof sheeted
and tar papered,
and the arch defined. |
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| The roof trusses go on. |
| December 2001 |
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| The building takes shape as the steel structure goes up. |
| November 2001 |
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| Pouring the concrete into the waffle foundation. |
| October 2001 
Director of Consumer Lending,
Ronda Porras thinks daughter
Veronica Johnson
should wear
her hard hat while
breaking ground.
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Crowds at the groundbreaking.
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Preparing for the waffle foundation. |
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| November 2000 
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What's that big hole?
Environmental remediation. |
| September 2000 
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Nothing but rubble. |
| July 2000 
Going, going.
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Gone.
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Demolition begins 06/28/00 at the
corner of Fulton and
Seneca Streets. |
6/29/00 |
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| March 2000 
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The building site is being readied
for the upcoming demolition work.
Bids are being accepted for asbestos
remediation and demolition.
Groundbreaking is tentatively
scheduled for late Spring.
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built by Cyrus
