Growth is good, but also scary

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Now that Lake Erie Artists Gallery http://lakeerieartists.com is in our third year of business, we are starting to grow rapidly in many ways, customers, traffic, level of artwork, inventory, status, etc and it is great! It is also scary as well. As the managing director, it is my job to control our growth so that we can continue to stay in business, pay our bills, support our artists and grow at a rate that we can handle.

I think that all businesses find themselves at a crossroads like ours. I find myself wanting to do so many things and having to say to myself--no wait until you get the other 3 projects that you are currently working on established. I believe that this year will be a turning point for us in terms of establishing ourselves as a gallery and growth in sales. The website is steadily getting filled out, partnerships are forming and we are offering more artists' work.

Brian Jones started bringing in his work today--I am so very excited about that! And we just recently added a new jeweler, Allie Theken, who is a metalsmith with very simple designs, and a brand new food line, St. Aubyn's sauces, very delicious sauces created by Susan St. Aubyn. I will be sampling these most Fridays with our Friday with the Artist program so stop by and try them. YUM!