August 30th Update
WE HAVE A BREAKING GROUND DATE…AND IT’S SOONER THAN YOU THINK!! (Stay tuned….) What was just recently done? Tanner met with the head of...
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Aug 123 min read
AUGUST 13TH Update
We are BLOWN away by everyone's incredible support and belief in us! In under 24 hours, we raised over $500K and counting! We are...
Jun 262 min read
JUNE Update
The past month held one of our greatest joys yet in this journey! It has also been super duper busy. PICNIC + Future GOURMET FOOD for...
Jun 174 min read
The real reason… revealed.
Most family beach vacations are about relaxing, but when you have a dad, husband, and brother-in-law who are entrepreneurs, conversations...
Jun 91 min read
The unseen steps between the bigger steps…
Melissa back again picking up from the story in the last post about Tanner losing and finding a job… At the same time Tanner got his new...
Jun 23 min read
… The intrusive thoughts were LOUD…
Melissa here. Today we’re going back in time a bit. I don’t want to spoil it, so jump in the Delorean or the Hot Tub depending on your...
May 261 min read
This question keeps popping up…
Tanner here, back at the keyboard. “What exactly do you do?” We get this question a lot. It just keeps popping up. As y’all know: we’re...
May 192 min read
When it’s right, you just know…
Have you ever tried to love an idea? Or tried to feel inspired? And it feels more like pulling teeth when you want to be painting a...
May 142 min read
MAY Update
Have you ever had a hard season that, while difficult, was also really clarifying? That has been the last few weeks for us. We were ready...
May 122 min read
On needing approval and dark nights of the soul…
Melissa here. It had been a hard week after the public hearing. We had 30 days until the commissioner’s meeting. We had less than that to...
May 53 min read
There was chanting. And petitions…
I can honestly say it was the most nervous I have ever been in my life. Imagine going scuba diving, being about to jump in, and the...
Apr 282 min read
The look on his face made my heart sink…
“It’s Ashley”, Tanner motioned to me to try and keep the ensuing kid chaos that was occurring behind me to a minimum while he answered...
Apr 211 min read
Perc tests. Septic layouts. Site plans. Oh my!
From the beginning, we knew what we had to do. We had to get a variance to build Cypress Resort. A variance is just a fancy real estate...
Apr 142 min read
“Wait. She offered what?!”
“I know, Tanner.” she managed through her tears. “I am honestly so overwhelmed I can’t believe it either” I hung up the phone to process...
Apr 141 min read
APRIL Update
“Pivots” we have found is a fancy word for “hmm. We need to try something different here” While in the middle of value engineering in...
Apr 72 min read
Excitement turned disappointment…
Tanner here. In the previous emails Melissa shared our excitement in finding the land that is the heartbeat of Cypress Resort. Now, I...
Apr 12 min read
I couldn’t help but think of you…
If you’ve been following along with the backstory, you might remember I was 2 miles into a no-cell service zone on a property with a 50...
Mar 141 min read
MARCH Update
We’ve had a busy month with a new word: Value Engineering. Without wanting to point fingers (because no one likes a finger-pointer AND it...
Mar 72 min read
2 miles in and no cell service…
Does anyone else have a mini (or not so mini) obsession with moving water? From the moment I stepped onto the property, all I could hear...
Feb 262 min read
Everyone wants a waterfall
I honestly doubted it was even on the property. In the upper right hand corner of the Google Maps photo there was a marker for a...
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