The Senior Catio shut down and relocation.

Hi, I'm Genevra and I'm on the board of Directors at The Catio Cat Lounge in Nashville, TN. We need help.

Today at 10:46 we received notice from the City of Mt Juliet, an immediate cease and desist for the Senior Catio location. A letter that gives us just 10 days to stop operation and get out of the building. The building we have carefully and lovingly put THOUSANDS of dollars into in order to make it a welcoming and safe for the kitties.

But Catio? Why?

Trust us, that's what we've been screaming for hours now. Why is because the owner of this property entered into a lease with us for a building that CANNOT be occupied by law. Due to zoning regulations NOTHING can be in this building, even worse the city says the landlord has been told this before. Again this structure/garage is prohibited from being utilized as a business, and no further business operations can continue and it was a known fact before we even signed our lease.

The mix of emotions we are feeling is.... well lets just say there's a lot of words I can't put onto our social media pages, but that this post has taken me sometime to write because I am shaking.

So... what do we do? Well once the panic, cry, scream into the void, hit something, and maybe be sick pass we are trying to figure that out. We are looking for a new space. We are talking to the city about options. We are talking with legal professionals.

No matter who we talk to we still are faced with some very big bumps in the road, so what we can do right now is start fundraising. We hope to recoup our costs in this space, but we have no idea how long that might take.

No matter what we have to keep going. These cats need us, we are meeting a need that no one else in the area is.

Any money we raise via this go fund me will go to help with finding a new building, and getting it ready for the immediate relocation of the cats. As a member of the board I will ensure the funds go directly to the Catio. Due to the haste in which this was set up funds will be going into my account but I will be IMMEDIATELY getting a cashiers check and depositing into the Catio account. I plan to do this with other board members present to ensure it’s all witnessed and done correctly.

Thank you.