Green Bay has four lodges, Chapter, Council, Commandry, Scottish Rite, Job's Daughters, Demolay, a Masonic library and museum: all in one large building. The building has a good sized lodge room, an auditorium that will hold 400, commercial grade kitchen and nice dining room. But, it's 38 years old and it wasn't built well to begin with. It was becoming a money pit. We just don't have the numbers to keep up with it. So, we got a couple of appraisals and talked to a couple of realtors. We hadn't listed it.
From out of nowhere we were approached by a local youth ministry. They offered over double what we were told we could get. All cash. The catch? We had 60 days to get out. 11 organizations with two months. It's been elbows and assholes for two months, while dark. Everything's in storage units.
It's pretty much a nightmare. One lodge categorically refuses to play well with the others.
We're meeting at Shrine's building. It's not a viable longterm solution.
Before you even think about selling your building, have a solid exit plan that everyone buys into.