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RUNNING CLUB UPDATE

Thanks to my editors for the NYC marathon shoutout in last week’s newsletter and for not firing me from my Run Club duties for missing another week. The race was another reminder of how supportive and motivating the running community is. I want you to train for your next race by joining us on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Waterfront Hall Run Club.

I also want to congratulate the Wheeling Park Patriots boys team for placing 5th at the WV State Cross Country Meet. You have made Wheeling proud!

COUNTDOWN TO THE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS 5K:

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From Ian at the Bar

As the weather cools down it calls for some seasonal cozy drinks. I’m most excited about the chance to play around with mulled wine and different recipes as the weeks progress. If you are not familiar with mulled wine it's a delightful warm drink served in the cooler months consisting of: wine, citrus fruit, some brandy or port wine, sugar or honey and spices such as cinnamon & cloves.

You'll also see spiked hot chocolates, Bellaire St. John Irish Coffees, and even a Harry Potter themed warm butter beer! Please keep your eyes peeled for our weekly/ monthly cocktail specials over the next couple months. They’re going to be a lot of fun!

From Dan

​I hope you'll join us this week for Katie Ohh & Will Hoge. A lot of people have worked really hard on making this show special. As of now we've got about 25-30 tickets left. It will prove to be one of the better things we've put together.

The Rooftop (Part 1)

During the sleepless nights and panic-inducing days of this project, long before there was ever any public knowledge about what I was up to, I was plotting to do something completely ridiculous and/or just plain stupid, and that was to try to open a rooftop venue and bar.

I had developed a good relationship with successful real estate and hospitality businessman John Aderholt, to whom I expressed this desire. He put me in contact with Desmone Architects of Pittsburgh, who had just completed a rooftop concept for his family's hotel in Lawrenceville - the TRYP.​

So I went on ahead with the floor plan and rending process in May of 2020 to get a vision for it.

And here's what we came up with:

The way things turned out, it just wasn't in the cards. Material costs increased drastically during Covid, as well as numerous work delays, and I realized that I simply was not capable of bringing the whole project online at the same time. I had to pursue what felt most logical, instead of executing the complete moonshot idea.

And I told myself that I could come back to it later.

So I decided to make a hedge:

• we reinforced the third floor ceiling in order to bring the code-compliant floor strength to the roof deck and so that IF the time came that the rooftop project was sensible, we wouldn't have to do any construction on the third floor below.
• We brought the masonry for the stair towers all the way up past the roof line, so that we could simply continue them up for roof access IF the time ever came. (building code requires two means of egress)
• We brought the elevator up to the roof as well IF the project started to make sense.

Today, It doesn't seem like we're quite ready yet. And the scope of what I'd like to do up there has changed.

My thoughts are to:

• Make the rooftop an extension of our private venue on the third floor. Think: cocktail hours and ceremonies and small events.
• Treat the space as a garden and greenhouse, growing our herbs and vegetables for the bar offerings.
• Treat the space as a bodyweight fitness studio, for yoga, pilates, etc.
• Offer the rooftop as a monthly co-working space for the area's remote workers and people that need a meeting space throughout the week.
• Incorporate solar panels into the design to mitigate the exorbitant electric bills that we're paying (which is subject to approval from the historic tax credit officials in Washington, DC)

Next week we'll continue part 2 of the rooftop discussion!