Jennifer Walker, Lindsey Engemann, Keely Pettijohn, Mitchell Jackson, and I were sitting around a table and discussing how to turn the Showboat Theater into a working theater and if that would be cost efficient for the people of Hermann.
Breakfast Restaurant
I’ve always wanted to have a make your own pancake breakfast place. You would get a small bowl and fill it with whatever you wanted (choc chips, coconut, nuts, dried fruit, sprinkles, etc) Then you would pay for each cup and pancake.
There would obviously be things there like eggs, biscuits, gravy, etc.
Mixed Martial Arts Gym
If done right this could help the kids of Hermann learn self-respect, respect of others, and good sportsmanship.
I also think Matt Heaney would be perfect for this type of role.
Indoor Shooting and Archery Range
My Hero Cookie
I woke up the other night with another great idea for a business. In my dream I was in a mall and was outside a cookie store. This store had switchback lines (probably leftover from the Disney experience) leading to several cash registers. [Let me preface by the fact that I love the In-N-Out idea of having a quality product with limited choices.] You could choose from 5-7 cookies (Sugar, Peanut Butter, World’s Best, Oatmeal Raisin, Sugar Free (using Truvia), White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut, etc.). Before you get to the register, you have several 6″ x 6″ paper bags to choose from each with different non-profit organizations (Red Cross, etc.). Once you choose a bag, you tell the cashier what cookie you want and then each cookie you buy would go towards funding for that organization. Of course they are going to ask you, “Do you want milk with that?” There might be a stand to add icing and sprinkles too.
Anyway, this would be a non-profit organization itself. Most days you could choose what organization you want to donate too, and sometimes there would be weeks where the company would choose a relief to give to in light of current events, like the Japan Tsunami.
I even thought about utilizing volunteers in the community for workers and having local grocers donate ingredients.
Just another idea from Lee. =)