In August George begins publishing The Community Newspaper. 1995 - George leaves. Co-op is again in poor financial condition. 1996 - Debt load is dramatically reduced in one year. Charlie Schaefer buys Charlie Porter's old Unity Hardware store on Depot St. and invites co-op to move over and open a cafe.
Members pitch in with personal loans.
Charlie Schaefer offers a mortgage on the Main St. Building. After much agonizing over debt load and questions about the market's potential, a board majority votes to make the move. With much effort from a few, the Main St. apartment is renovated and rented - for the first time since the fire. Sales at the new location grew in 1998 but the higher overhead grew faster.