What is Cornerstone 2.0?
I'm glad you asked!

  08.09.10

We have been in the new office for a week now and things are starting to resemble a little more "normal" whatever "normal" is.

We've had computer crashes, e-mail crashes, and people crashes but we are making progress. It took over 2 weeks to make the transition and there were times when I though I had made the biggest mistake of my life. But as we get farther from the move we are beginning to settle in and as a little more routine is coming it is feeling more and more like "home". Well not really home because now home is where I can go to get away from work. That is one thing we were unable to do for the last 10 years, get away from work, because work was in our home.

The next big part of Cornerstone 2.0 will be the new web roll out which will be sometime in the next 2 months. I suspect that will have its own set of issues but we will get through because that is what we do, we get through.

Be richly BLESSED!

07.26.10

Construction is a little behind on the new office/warehouse but we are still planning on making the move this week. Our phones will be installed on Tuesday and construction is expected to be completed on Thursday.

We are going to close our office on Thursday PM to pack up and prepare to move in on Friday and Saturday. We will have to move the computers in over the weekend and do some upgrades when we can do so without have to take orders. We hope to be all ready to reopen Cornerstone 2.0 on Monday Aug 2, 2010 with no problems!

However we do ask you bear with us as all kinds of behind the scenes things go on that could foul up our plans (pun intended!).  Any orders we receive Thurs of Fri will ship (hopefully) on Monday.

We have a busy week ahead of us but sometime there is a little pain in the growing process.

I know Peg will enjoy having her rooms back (see below) and in addition Friday is her birthday! So we have to allow some party time in there as well!!

I'm not sure I spoke about this earlier but Peg and I have been doing this by ourselves for the last 10 years. We have decided to hire a person and as soon as we can get all the paperwork in order we will have a new employee starting.

An amazing thing is that through one of the worst economic times in Americas history Cornerstone has been able to grow. I am delighted to get to know our customers and have the opportunity to see you prosper . Your wisdom and faith to step out to produce the top quality meats and eggs you do is an inspiration that makes us want to continue to provide products and services that are going to allow both of us to flourish in the future.

07.19.10

Our tentative moving dates are Wednesday July 28-30, 2010 with an opening on Aug. 1^st.  We will be using both the new and old telephone numbers during the transition and phase out the 607.334.2833 number in a week or later.

Our new address will be 15 Silver St., Norwich, NY 13815 our new phone number will be 607.334.9962 our fax will stay the same as will our e-mail address.

07.12.10

After 10 years selling, teaching and promoting poultry processing equipment Cornerstone Farm Ventures will be moving to a new location. we have operated from our farm since we started in 2001.  As we have grown we have used our barns for warehouse space, our garage for storage and have had to ship out of our dining room.

Recently a friend of mine offered to help expand the business to cover more product lines and provide more services to our customers. The first thing he said was "get out of your house!". It didn't take much convincing to get me to agree so we started looking around for a building that would meet our needs. We found what we hope will meet our needs for a few more years and are ready to begin renovations within a week.

As of now we are looking for a move in date of Aug. 2, 2010. As with all moves we expect some hiccups in the process and we hope you will bear with us as we progress.

In addition to a new building we will also be upgrading our website. We have been limited to receiving on line orders through PayPal. While this has served us well it has its limitations and we have had complaints concerning the high shipping fees for small items. This is due to the limitations of PayPal and with our new site we will also have a better shopping cart setup that will allow for actual shipping costs instead of flat fees.

So all in all we are looking forward to Cornerstone 2.0 and hope that you will be also. We will be updating this website with information as we move forward, so check back soon!

Thank you for your support these last 10 years it has been an amazing time for us! To God be the glory!

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