Will you tell the surface or the size of the site where you are planing a zoo, nicholas, or you can't tell this now.
No, there are no plans for either of those species, but for now I'm focused on permits and construction of visitor amenities. Collection planning seems less important now, even though I have shared some of the species I plan on holding. All that might change though, as I think the species held have very little to do with the success of a zoo.
I for love the guinea pig idea. Perhaps you could at some point hire a part-time animal trainer to teach them some simple tricks. In Heureka, a Finnish science center, there has been a show where rats play basketball. Sorry if I'm being silly.
So it’s a been a couple of months, and has any of this progressed? I hate to sound like a broken record but I am just so intrigued with this project. Correct me if I’m wrong, but did you at one point say construction could start as early as Fall 2017? We’re waiting
Still waiting for the planning permission to come through. Hopefully this month, though I thought so last month too. I promise to keep you informed on any progress.
Planning permission has come through, but some neighbors might appeal against it. I’ll know in a few weeks. Still a positive thing though.
Have any neighbors appealed against the project in the past few weeks? Have you started to begin construction on the facility as of late? Will you be revealing another section of the park soon? Does your park have a name yet? I'm really sorry for all these questions, but I've been throwing some ideas around in my head recently and have been scrolling through threads like this pretty much all day. Best of luck with this new park of course.
No need to apologize. I appreciate your interest. No appeals have been filed yet, but there is still time for them to do so. I haven't started construction and I won't share the name yet (though I think it will be something boring along the lines "closestcitytomy location zoo". I'll try to find the time to share some more exhibit plans/fantasies soon.
There was no appeal against the planning permission, so these plans are becoming more and more real. Construction will start this summer.
Thank you for your interest. There isn’t much to tell at the moment. We’re landscaping and working on permits.
I really hate to keep being that guy, but has any of this come to fruition since the last post eight months ago?
I like that someone is that guy! I don’t really have much time for zoochat these days, or maybe I’ve just gotten a bit bored. But I can tell you that funding has been secured! It’s actually a pretty funny story. I was a bit scared to go to the bank because I knew that I would get really frustrated and sad if my proposal for a loan wouldn’t be accepted. I knew that was a real possibility and I did have several other options, but still it felt like best way to go. So when I finally gathered the guts to go, I couldn’t even get an appointment with my bank. They didn’t answer emails and didn’t call back. This went on for two weeks. When my banker finally called back he gave me some lame excuse. I wasn’t in a position to hold a grudge so I was nice and polite and went on to tell him why I wanted to see him. He was quite uninterested and almost rude and said that no matter what company I was starting they would never even consider loaning money to a new company. Maybe I would be able to take the loan personally, but that didn’t sound likely. He was almost rude in his tone and seemed in a hurry. I got really mad and immediately called a smaller, local bank. I got an appointment two days later and in the morning I presented my business plan. This banker was very nice and seemed interested. After the meeting he told me that their policy was to have a meeting with several colleagues before deciding wether or not to loan money to a start up business. It could take a few days to a week. I went home feeling the meeting had gone well, and felt even better when I got an email a few hours later saying they where on board. So now I’m busy building and dealing with construction workers.
