
Take two creatively talented people, add a historic abandoned site with equal portions of imagination and vision, et voila: the answer to ‘where will we hold it?’ ‘where will we find the right ambience?’ ‘who makes stuff like that?’
When Katie Peck visited the SBDC at Onondaga Community College, she had a cornucopia of thoughts running through her mind.
She already had developed a successful business and she had allied herself with a successful business partner. Together they had purchased the ideal location for expanding and co-existing. Katie wanted input from a neutral business advisor. What she had planned and executed so well in her head, her SBDC Advisor helped her commit to paper.
Katie Peck and Keith Traub are collaborators who co-own and co-manage the property at Hartlot Happening. The property is an industrial space host to several buildings including a 20,000+ sq. foot building that formerly housed Vanderveer & Coleman, Inc., a “beanery” that closed in 1983. The Beanery is still full of all the original machinery used in the processing of various beans, this includes sorting machines and a large roaster! The industrial location was referred to as Skaneateles Junction. The railroad tracks still add to the historic significance. The property is situated on Hartlot Street,
Katie Peck and Keith Traub are collaborators who co-own and co-manage the property at Hartlot Happening. The property is an industrial space host to several buildings including a 20,000+ sq. foot building that formerly housed Vanderveer & Coleman, Inc., a “beanery” that closed in 1983. The Beanery is still full of all the original machinery used in the processing of various beans, this includes sorting machines and a large roaster! The industrial location was referred to as Skaneateles Junction. The railroad tracks still add to the historic significance. The property is situated on Hartlot Street,



