Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Snacks for Workers During Construction

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hi all — I don’t believe we did anything like this during our original 
construction.  But after one of our major rehabs for the whole community we 
invited workers and site plan manager to a pizza party after their last day of 
work.  They actually wanted to get home so I remember we sent a lot of pizza w/ 
them when they left.

When I had a major renovation done in my home, I provided a snacsk for workers 
every day for 40+ days.  I don’t know if chocolate chip cookies had anything to 
do with it but … the crew only missed one day of work, the project was finished 
on time and slightly under budget with he crew working on Thanksgiving Day in 
the afternoon to make sure they were on schedule.  I’m not making this up.  The 
crew showed up just as neighbors were having T’giving dinner.  They made 
apologies to the neighbors for having to come in and out of the CH (my unit is 
in the CH.)

So … chocolate chip cookies, anyone?

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Member, Board of Directors
Mid Atlantic Cohousing
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church, VA
202.546.4654

Do you ever get up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror and think … 
“That can’t be  accurate.”

NOTE: I am switching back to: zabaldo [at] earthlink.net.  Many apologies!  





> On Feb 27, 2021, at 3:38 PM, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> This is such a great idea.  I wish we'd thought of it. For a variety of
> reasons outside our control, our relationship with our GC was tense. A
> little more reaching out might have helped soften the edges a bit.
> 
> (Paying them might also have helped, but that's another sad horror story.)
> 
> Diana Carroll
> Mosaic Commons MA
> 
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 3:28 PM Ann Lehman <ann [at] zimmerman-lehman.com> 
> wrote:
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>> As I recall we provided homemade cookies once a week.
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>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 5:32 AM jro1229 <jro1229 [at] cox.net> wrote:
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>>> Heartwood Commons - Tulsa has begun construction. We wish to provide
>>> workers snacks and/or meals to thank them for their work. Anyone with
>>> experience with this? We'd like to avoid reinventing the
>> wheel.Thanks!Sent
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