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Help Nice Ice Baby Ice Cream Grow!

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Help Nice Ice Baby Ice Cream Grow! 
OUR STORY 
Nice Ice Baby Ice Cream is a family-run business out of Belleville, Ontario (with a second location in Prince Edward County), that makes it's own artisan ice cream, gelato and sorbet.  Nice Ice Baby began in 2016 but we have been in the food industry for nearly 20 years (we also have a cafe and catering company and banquet hall: www.theurbancollective.ca) and we really love what we do!

This has been an exciting couple of years for our company as we have garnered a lot of praise for our product and our business model but now we have hit a major roadblock that is threatening to keep the world from enjoying our amazing ice cream. (www.niceicebabyicecream.com)

The Ontario government (OMAFRA) is mandating that we expand our operations to open a  dairy plant or be forced to shut down a good portion of our revenue streams. According to the Milk Act, we are not allowed to sell ice cream away from the place of manufacture. Simply put, since we do not have a dairy license, we cannot distribute our ice cream away from our commercial kitchen (at our Belleville cafe), which means closing down our Wellington scoop shop and not being able to use our ice cream truck or cart or offer our ice cream at any catering events. Oh nooooooooo...

Despite having a health-inspected commercial kitchen with zero infractions and a product deemed completely safe for consumption, the unintended consequence of this rule is that it is preventing us from maintaining and growing our small business which would mean cutting a lot of jobs. To take on this necessary next step of our business, we need a lot more capital than we can raise all by ourselves.  Since borrowing from traditional banks is near impossible for us creative types, the only feasible way we can move forward with this is to ask our community for help.  

THE SOLUTION
Nice Ice Baby needs to expand and soon! In order to get Wellington open this spring and to make good on our cart & truck bookings we need to show OMAFRA we mean business.  We can either grow exponentially or be forced to shrink dramatically and that doesn't sound like much fun at all. We have less than 2 months to raise $200,000, but we are determined to do it. We are doing everything we can to make this project come alive. It is a major endeavor but we are ready and willing to take it on. Now all we need is you...and your financial support! Our community has always supported us so we have faith that this time will be no different. Every dollar counts! 

To encourage your awesome generosity, we have created some amazing rewards!  And that's not all...backing this project would also mean stimulating the local economy, increasing jobs, promoting tourism, restoring a heritage building, helping us forge local business partnerships, and of course,  you would receive our most heartfelt thanks!
You will also help to make a lot of people really happy. 

Visit our websites for more rewards information! 
www.theurbancollective.ca
www.niceicebabyicecream.com


A big thank you goes to Aaron & Angela Bell for helping us make the video and Emily Anne Photography for donating the ice cream photo sessions! You guys are awesome!

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Sharon Huckle
Organizer
Belleville, ON

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