![]() ![]() Hunter said the lot is being surveyed so its exact boundaries are known. Already the group has cleaned out the basement and cut some overgrowth in the back of the lot. ![]() The group has hired a project manager, Andrew Dey of Walpole, N.H., to shepherd the project. Hunter introduced the directors of Rockingham For Progress who are working on the ambitious project: Dunbar, Robert McBride, Susan McNeill, Bonnie North and Evan Sabatelli, as well as himself. ![]() The diner will also have to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act regulations about access, requiring an addition to accommodate bathrooms.ĭunbar said the Worcester car is the second diner car at the Rockingham Street location, as the foundation revealed one that was longer and narrower than the current dining car. Jeff Dunbar, a Bellows Falls village trustee who first approached Hunter last December with the idea of saving the diner, said the existing kitchen area would have to be torn down and a new one built. And he said the goal is have a place where someone could get a $4 breakfast, or a $17 one. The diner car seats 28 to 32 as currently configured.Ī decision to build an addition on to the diner has not been made, Hunter said after the meeting, which was held at the Rockingham Free Public Library. ![]() Hunter and others involved in the restoration effort said their research revealed that a diner that would seat at least 50 people made the best economic sense. He told the gathering that local community fundraising - ''send us your $50" - wouldn't begin until January, and he said Rockingham for Progress is very leery of "donor fatigue." The group is also applying for grants to fund the restoration. He said the Bruhn grant must be used only for preservation efforts, and he said so far Rockingham for Progress has raised its first $100,000, and is working on its second $100,000, which it hopes to receive by the end of the year. ![]()
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