The third project on my to do list was to take a look at a piece of property that belongs to Montague County. It was for a time, a part of an experimental vineyard and orchard through Texas A & M University. However, the property had been abandoned for a number of years and now consists of a number of vines that are growing wild, as well as three old sandstone houses, a sandstone barn, and a steel barn/garage. The goal is to turn the property into a functioning vineyard and heritage museum illustrating the life of early Italian settlers to Montague County. I was asked to design a strategic plan for the project moving forward.
I basically started out researching what is required in a strategic plan, and how to start a vineyard. The biggest difficulty lies in that there is nothing like this existing in the country, or at least not that I have found yet. The goal is that the vineyard will be organized like a for-profit company, and that the sales from the wine produced on location will go to support the non-profit museum.
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