It seems trash is our middle name.  During the demolition phase, dumpsters magically appeared from our friends at CGS Services in Morristown Indiana.   We had lots of constructions debris.  When we didn’t have the CGS dumpster outside the front door, we took loads and loads to our friends at Indiana Downs.  They were in their off season, and allowed us to use their excess dumpster space.   The Strand exists in part because of the leadership and friendship these companies have shown to our project.  

The City of Shelbyville was next to step up to the plate.   We needed to arrange trash collection, but just didn’t have the time.  We were finishing loose ends of the renovation and learning how to operate the Strand.   Mayor Scott Furgeson to the rescue.  He offered us 6 months of trash pickup to help us get on our feet.   We took him up on his offer.   We learned that 2 totes are not enough.  We learned that sometimes the neighborhood would avail themselves of our totes, leaving them full when we needed them.  We learned that trash was a big deal.

After our 6 months, CGS Services once again came to the rescue.  They made it possible for us to have private trash collection service.  CGS delivered 4 nice new spiffy green totes.   They look great at the back of our theatre.

A quick note to the Mayor and Shane Peters from the Street Department, and our nice City of Shelbyville totes were returned.   Thank you Mayor Furgeson for helping us get going.   Thank you CGS for keeping us going!

Below are our City of Shelbyville totes next to the new CGS totes.