EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Northwestern Ohio Rural Arts started in 2015, as a community painting class. By 2020 the class had grown
to over 20 students weekly. We had to move the class to a larger venue, because the space was not big
enough for our growth. After a move into Walbridge from the township, we applied for and received our
501c3 nonprofit corporation letter from the I.R.S. with the plan to expand, adding community programs.
Now in 2022, we’ve expanded to two classes, a day class and an evening painting class. We are planning
several programs, that will be of interest to local business, as well as the community at large. To do this
we will need our own larger space.
Planned Programs
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Kids Clubs (Rocket Building/ computer tech/robotics)
Wood Shop (turning, carving, basic tool use, and training)
Metal Shop (Welding/ sculpting/ blacksmithing)
Ceramics Shop
Glass Blowing
Art Studios and Gallery
Computer Tech. Shop
And any other interest the local community has.
This means funding...
The purpose of this, however, is not for you to fund these programs, but to help us open a revenue maker,
so we can fund and bring these programs to fruition, on our own and at our own pace.
The revenue maker, we are planning, is a Homemade Ice Cream Shop.
“Who Doesn't Like Ice Cream?!! Just having a shop like this in Walbridge, will bring people in from all over
the region, bringing in new potential customers, to all the local business. It also provides an employment
opportunity to members of the local community. The profit potential is enormous, and running it as a
nonprofit entity, all the profits, go into the planned space and programs, and not to any corporate officers
pocket. Giving us the opportunity to bring our plans together very quickly, benefiting local business and
the community at large.
The Walbridge community has nothing like this. After the past few years of compounding, depressing
news every day, it seems. Whether politics, or the pandemic, the whole community could use a virtual
community wide “Anti-Depressant” and what’s better than “Ice Cream!!”
The “Scoop Shop” can become a community hub, sparking a resurgence in the business district. This type
of Ice Cream Shop, has the tendency to draw people from all over the area, because of the quality product
that’s produced. The influx of new potential customers coming into our town, would certainly impact the
other businesses positively, benefiting the whole community with an increase in the number of potential
marketable customers and in-turn increased revenue.