Acquisition and progress on the property for the New Museum

Clearing of the land began in June

Land was officially acquired on July 19th

 

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Signing the land purchase agreement. Done deal! Brent Davis, John Walker & Wayne Ladd.
Filling in the low spot at the field entrance with our AMG M-929 dump truck, Brutus. Several loads of gravel later, it's starting to look better.
Clearing all the brush near the new entrance off of State Road 218 - June23rd Making progress.
Our expert heavy equipment operator, Gary Moline. June 28th  
June 28th June 29th
View from State Road 218 - July 3rd July 3rd.
You can see the Chrysler Dealership across the road! Picking up the culvert for the new driveway - July 11th
Norm Truax clearing brush. - July 18th Making our way to where the entrance will be off 218. - July 18th
  Our first official work day on the new property. JULY 28TH 2018
Jon and Tom Schmidt moving trees and Jody Burnau cutting them up. Norm Truax clearing brush.
Ryan Long hauls a load of brush that was removed from the Hwy 31 fence. Team Work makes the Dream Work!!
Ron Baber & his Dad, Rick Baber, cutting and stacking wood. Katie Baber & Tyler Freeman
  Gary Moline showing off his driving skills.
John Walker & Gary Moline. Tom Schmidt & Tyler
Drew Boles, his son Jaxson and nephew Dylan all come out to help clear brush & trees.  
  Norm Truax pushes over another dead tree.
Unpacking the new highway sign. Panel number one.
Panel number four. The new sign is up!! We are done for the day! July 28th, 2018
September 6 - Tons of gravel being delivered. September 6 - Installinng 60 foot of 24 inch culvert under the driveway entrance.
October 24 - still burning. Finally got our paperwork from the state. Now the fence can come down.  
October 24 October 24
October 26 October 26
October 26 - Thank you Miami County Trucking and John Deluca for delivering gravel. October 26
October 29 - Norm Truax picked up the compactor and bobcat from Sunbelt Equipment, Kokomo.. October 29
October 29 - To date we have received 61 triaxles of stone from West Plains Mining in Wabash. October 30 - And we have a driveway!
October 31 - Sunbelt brought the BIG compactor. Thank You Sunbelt!!
   
Having the right equipment for the job is priceless! October 31 - The drive looks great!!
November 20 - This stake marks the Helipad location. Thank You Tori Tripp & Greg Deeds!! Peru Utilities installed the temp. service for the flagpoles.
Thank You Peru Utilities!! November 20 - Holes are dug for the flagpoles. Waiting for concrete.
December 10th - Setting the metal forms for the flagpoles. Brady Saylors Concrete and Excavating crew. Thank You gentlemen!!
   
  A big thank you to Irving Materials Inc. (IMI) for delivering several yards of concrete.
  Ready for the flagpoles!
Dale Callaway (yellow slicker) helps Brady Saylor and his crew unload the new flag poles.  
   
   
   
   
   

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