Ok I looked into this. Here is the link to the lighthouses available to individuals. Two of them are expensive, two of them say the starting bid is 10k.
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How much does that mean they'll actually end up being, roughly? Maybe I should buy a lighthouse. Sounds cheaper than renting lmao
Register a non-profit to get a free one instead of paying as individual, run a crowdfunding campaign to fund renovations, hire tour guide for lighthouse, live in adjacent building. No money out of pocket if crowdfunding covers moving expenses as well.
I figured they'd probably want to see that I have an existing nonprofit that's capable of handling a lighthouse, surely? Can I really just register the Give Me a Lighthouse Foundation and then worry about how to actually maintain a lighthouse after they give me the key?
Could finesse a nice grant proposal extolling how lighthouse preservation is your passion. There is a grant for $15k-$75k for the FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund through the National Park Service that would get you started if awarded. Set up a website with creative commons pictures of lighthouses how you have been working up to this project for a decade.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=347545
From the link you posted:
any eligible entity with an interest in acquiring the light station must 1) submit a letter of interest to GSA and 2) submit a copy of the letter to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) of the state in which the light station is located. Letters of interest must include:
Name of the light station property
Name of the eligible entity
Point of contact, title, address, phone number(s), and email of the eligible entity
Nonprofit corporations, educational agencies, and community development organizations must provide a copy of their state-certified articles of incorporation
Write a good enough sounding proposal with a .org domain name for a newly setup non-profit entity with a plausible name and you're in.
Ok I looked into this. Here is the link to the lighthouses available to individuals. Two of them are expensive, two of them say the starting bid is 10k.
....
How much does that mean they'll actually end up being, roughly? Maybe I should buy a lighthouse. Sounds cheaper than renting lmao
Register a non-profit to get a free one instead of paying as individual, run a crowdfunding campaign to fund renovations, hire tour guide for lighthouse, live in adjacent building. No money out of pocket if crowdfunding covers moving expenses as well.
I figured they'd probably want to see that I have an existing nonprofit that's capable of handling a lighthouse, surely? Can I really just register the Give Me a Lighthouse Foundation and then worry about how to actually maintain a lighthouse after they give me the key?
Could finesse a nice grant proposal extolling how lighthouse preservation is your passion. There is a grant for $15k-$75k for the FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund through the National Park Service that would get you started if awarded. Set up a website with creative commons pictures of lighthouses how you have been working up to this project for a decade.
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=347545
From the link you posted:
Write a good enough sounding proposal with a .org domain name for a newly setup non-profit entity with a plausible name and you're in.
:thinking-about-it:
Listen if I become a lighthouse keeper I might have to retire this account because it'd be too easy to figure out who I am
Solution: we all get lighthouses and start like a long range commune.
What if we just all got one lighthouse and had a lighthouse commune
I don't want to be crammed into a lighthouse with all of you. We would have like 10 "the lighthouse" events a day.
Too bad I'm dragging you to the lighthouse. Do not resist.
Struggle session over who gets to use the bathroom first every morning. We all shit our pants as dialectical synthesis.
True, with only 5 available lighthouses doxxing would be a concern.
My posts this time next year:
"I sure am enjoying all this fresh non-salty air right now as i post from nowhere near any lighthouses"
Exactly, all while staying at a picturesque place like this.
Register a non-profit. Get dozens. Put leftists in all of them. Organise a lighthouse strike when they're most needed.