HomeMy WebLinkAbout200-220 WEST PROSPECT RD. (VINNI'S) - PDP/FDP - 30-97 - CORRESPONDENCE - (4)Every day we are not in business, we lose name recognition and it becomes more of a challenge
to recapture customers.
Please help me to find a way to get the building permit issued as soon as possible so that
leasehold improvements can be in progress at 200 West Prospect and we can reopen. Thank you
very much.
Sincerely,
D. o ce Hamm
Vinni's Pizza
-Ted Shepard, Senior Planner
Planning Department
281 N. College
P O Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580
October 15, 1997
Re: Building Permit for Vinni's Pizza, 200 West Prospect Rd.
Dear Mr. Shepard:
When the flood of July 28, 1997 necessitated vacating the building located at I I I West Prospect,
Hooked long and hard for a location and made arrangements with Mr. Richard Anderson to lease
his building at 200 West Prospect. A. few days after I submitted my request for a building
permit, I was advised that because this was a change of use for this building and that certain
upgrades would have to be made to the property before my building permit could be processed. I
understand this, but I am caught in the middle and it is causing an extreme hardship.
At the time of the flood, I had 24 employees working at Vinni's Pizza - some students working
their way through school, some people supplementing income, and some people trying to make
ends meet with 2 jobs. Overnight they were all unemployed.
I made arrangements for a Small Business Administration Disaster Loan. This would be the
only way I could relocate and keep the business going. It was our goal to have Vinni's reopened
by mid November so that these people could be rehired. Now that looks indefinite - I am at a
loss as to what to tell these people.
There are time constraints and many restrictions on the SBA Loan. One is that I will submit a
copy of a valid building permit with the loan closing documents. Loan closing documents must
be signed and returned to.SBA within 2 months. That date for me will be October 24, 1997.
Another Problem is that Vinni's was my only income. Again wiped out overnight. The SBA
requires that any Insurance Compensation be assigned to them, so nothing there. The SBA states
that I will not use any proceeds of this loan to pay wages for myself so no help there. My
husband is disabled so things are very tight.
I have enclosed pages 2, 3 and 6 of the Loan Authorization and Agreement with the SBA as
documentation.
I had made advertising commitments - Yellow pages, Pocket Directory, Collegian, and three
other coupon books to be delivered on campus when the students came back. These people
expect to be paid.