New Family Oriented Business Planned for the Town
A Family Entertainment Complex is currently being planned for construction on Route 96, 7 miles north of Ithaca and 2 miles south of Trumansburg (to the south of Stover Lumber). As residents of the county, we see the need for this type of family oriented business in the area.
The initial phase will have you enjoying a 18 hole miniature golf course, a corn maze and an arcade room; future expansion plans call for a second miniature golf course, batting cages and a pollution and noise free electric go-kart track.
Our business will be named T-Burg Mini Golf Family Entertainment Center and our web address is www.tburgminigolf.com. Our target customers are residents of Tompkins and surrounding counties, area students and Finger Lakes tourists.
We are currently working with the Town of Ulysses on zoning and expect to have all of our approvals in March of 2008. We hope to begin construction shortly afterwards for an anticipated opening of July 2008. The Planning Board has unanimously approved our plans and we hope the Town Board will do the same. The impact our facility would have on the community in regards to lighting and noise has been heavily researched. To quote Deputy Town Supervisor Dick Coogan from the 1/23/08 Free Press article on T-Burg Mini Golf, “We as a planning board looked at the impact on the neighbors and believe there’s enough of a buffer there. The area with the light and noise will be down on (Route) 96 and he’s restricted to 75 decibels of noise; in other parts of the town you’re allowed 90 decibels, so he’s willing to be quieter than your neighbor.”
The benefits to the community are numerous: Youth activities, family outings and the draw to other Ulysses businesses are a few to speak of.
February 12, 2008 is a big day for us! At 7:30pm, our plans will be presented by the Town Planning Board to the Town Board for their review. The Town Board is expected to then schedule a public hearing (possible date is 2/19) where the public will be presented the project and have a chance to comment.
We need all the support we can get at both the 2/12 Town Board meeting and subsequent public hearing. Please consider attending either meeting or, if you can not attend, email the Town Board to express your support. (Click here for a list of Town Board members’ email addresses)
Thank you for your support! We’re looking forward to bringing you a premier Family Entertainment Facility!
Michael & Melinda Cirri
T-Burg Mini Golf Family Entertainment Center
Rt. 96 South
Trumansburg, NY 14886
www.tburgminigolf.com
(for more information, please email us at info@tburgminigolf.com)
any sense on the history of these people, other ventures they have been involved in? This would provide some insight as to how this place would be run. Sounds like a great idea at first glance.
I don’t have that sense. I wanted Mike Cirri to write about his plans here so that people have the opportunity to consider them. Mike, I think X is asking for some relevant information. Any insights you can provide us with?
Some quick information on my wife and I to share…
We are the proud parents of two beautiful girls, one age 9 and the other 4 months!
We keep ourselves active in the community. We’ve been involved in coaching in the T-Burg youth baseball and softball program and currently hold positions on the Trumansburg After School and Summer Program Boards of Trustees.
We’ve lived in the area over 5 years, but I also lived in the area years back during my 4 years at Ithaca College.
Although we have never owned a business, we have been involved in the day to day operations of them through the positions we have held at other organizations. We have a strong belief in Customer Service, and that will be easily seen the first time you visit our facility.
We have shown our dedication to this project as we have been working for well over a year and a half to get to where we are today with the land purchase and zoning approvals.
We are confident that our facility will benefit the community and are looking forward to the day we open our doors!
And once again, we thank everyone for the support we have been receiving.
We’ll see everyone in a few months!
-Mike & Melinda
Mike & Melinda. Thanks. Can you tell us a bit more about where you work now and also what some of those retail experiences were?
Mike and Melinda (who I’ve never met) –
Don’t answer this question. There’s no reason why you should share more personal information when the requester remains anonymous.
It’s looking a bit like a job interview here, and I don’t think that’s appropriate, particularly to an anonymous poster.
X –
Let them start their business. If you like it, then patronize it. If you don’t, then don’t. But don’t try to vet them anonymously online — or else, explain why you’re asking. Maybe there’s something that I’m missing, and you’ve got a good reason for asking them for this personal information.