Restaurant Buildout Fundraiser

Restaurant Buildout Fundraiser

From Andrew M Potter

We are raising money to complete the buildout of our restaurant in downtown Ames, Iowa. Potter's Shoppe & Eatery opened in November 2023 after lengthy construction delays that were out of our control.

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Update #6

3 months ago

Thank you Ms. Remsburg for your generous $25 donation.

Thank you Mr./Mrs Anonymous for your generous $15 donation.

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Hi friends!  Anne and I have started a Fundly to help us finish raising funds to complete our restaurant buildout. As you may or may not know, we were delayed in our opening for over 15 months due to building delays beyond our control. During that delay, loan and other expenses continued to pile up but we lacked the revenue from the restaurant to pay them so we had to deplete our working capital from our loan...a very disadvantageous situation for us as a new restaurant.

We have persevered and are doing well week to week with our current finances, but lack that little extra each day to pay down our buildout balances. Attempts to borrow more from traditional banks have failed as our P/L do not meet the bank's rigorous lending standards.

We humbly ask for your assistance as we complete our buildout.

Please donate if you can and please share our fundraising campaign with anyone you think might champion our cause.

Thank you all so much!

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Andrew M Potter posted a new update:
3 months ago

Update #6

Thank you Ms. Remsburg for your generous $25 donation.

Thank you Mr./Mrs Anonymous for your generous $15 donation.

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Andrew M Potter posted a new update:
4 months ago

Update #5

Thank you Ms. Adams for your generous $50 donation.

Thank you Ms. Dinsdale for your generous $40 donation.

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Andrew M Potter posted a new update:
4 months ago

Update #4

Thank you Ms. Kinzel for your generous $15 donation!

Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Litchfield for your generous $155 donation!

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Andrew M Potter posted a new update:
4 months ago

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Thank you Mr. Frederick for your generous $35 donation!

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Update #2

Thank you Mr. Litchfield for your generous $100 donation!

Thank you Mr/Mrs Anonymous for your generous $25 donation!

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Andrew M Potter posted a new update:
4 months ago

Update #1

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