ANCHOR STORE NEEDED

   Look at that ad just above. Doesn't it look like one from 80 years ago? It's not.
That's an ad just placed in one of the national outdoor sports magazines. That
store and nine others under the Mast Store banner are thriving establishments
down South. The attraction is one, they have a bunch of great attention getting
inventory and second, it looks quaint. Other examples of quaint with good stuff
could be Hardman's Hardware Stores or the Cracker Barrell chain.

  For us to compete in the tourism sphere, we have to have such an anchor store
for downtown Clay, a draw. There's no reason to start from scratch when we have
a base to build on. We're talking about the Farm Store which is situated close to
the new ERTS State Park.

  With a colorful cloth awning out front to catch attention and for the first 10 feet
inside the front door, stuff women would be interested in, Poof, all of  a sudden,
we have a start.    

  New York city slickers on $2500 bikes or wearing $400 hiking boots, they want
quaint. When they see such a place, they open their wallets and better yet, after
a good experience, they tell their buddies. That's a great big KaChing! 

   We don't  think the Farm Store would be opposed to a few more hundred dollar
bills coming their way.

   Come June 1 2020, we have to be ready for the new tourism economy. A quaint
looking Farm Store would be a great anchor store around which a coffee shop,
sandwich hut, bike repair shop, trinket outlet, could get established.  AW