New Digs

We’ve been talking a while about moving, since our current office is crowded enough that Rachel doesn’t have space for a chair at the fulfillment table…

You can see a lot of the crowding in some of our videos–the most accurate (if roundabout) being the one where Amanda meets the Draccus plushie for the first time and has to run around the office showing everyone.

Well, not only do we have a new building, things are underway for a move late this summer! That’s right, we’re gonna have MOAR SPACE!

It’s not much right now, but every time Maria heads over there to direct the repairs and cleanup, she comes back and her eyes are aglow with possibilities. Where right now Jenny, Maria, Brett, and Rachel share a tiny, tiny office, Maria and Rachel will get a slightly bigger office together, while Jenny and Brett get to share a weird, triangular one with a single window (which Jenny dibs-ed already).

We’ll have a “reception” area that will be used for large packing and fulfillment…

The Book Wall will be expanded once those back walls are covered in the shelves from our current office…

We’ll have real bathrooms once these are finished and the water is turned on…

The Tinker’s Packs will now be half of the upper level with direct access to a real loading dock…

…and the lower level will be climate-controlled warehouse space!

We’ve already started using the warehouse space for the big stuff from the 2016 Annual Fundraiser:

So right now, we’re a little split between locations. Our aim is to get ourselves moved and set up in the new location in time for the 2017 Annual Fundraiser. Ideally, we’ll be able to do fulfillment for our mid-season Geeks Doing Good fundraiser from the new building, but that depends on how well things go. Right now, the place needs a little work.

We’re super-stoked. We’ll make fun of Maria for being all optimistic and excited about moving into the new space, but honestly, we’re pretty excited too! It’s just so much fun to poke fun at Maria.