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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Fishtrap prepares for move to new home
By ANN BLOOM
For the Wallowa County
Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — Fish-
trap, Wallowa County’s pre-
mier writing organization, is
preparing for a new chap-
ter in its life as it anticipates
moving into its new home
on Main Street after 20 years
in the Coffi n House.
The reason for the move,
according to Fishtrap Direc-
tor Shannon McNerney, is
that the nonprofi t had out-
grown the Coffi n House, and
it would have needed major
renovations to make it work.
“It needed a lot of eff ort,
time and money,” she said,
and that was when the deci-
sion was made to sell the
house. And, the whole pro-
cess was, she said, “like
magic.”
The sale, though, of the
Coffi n House was condi-
tional on being able to fi nd
and lease a new space that fi t
all the organization’s needs.
Fishtrap had a list of what it
wanted: a place that was cen-
trally located, fully acces-
sible under the Americans
with Disabilities Act, with
room for an offi ce, a kitchen
and at least 1,000 square feet
of event space. The house
was listed in June and by
July they had an off er.
“We’re using the pro-
ceeds from the sale of the
Coffi n House to make sure
(Fishtrap’s) programs are
healthy and strong for the
long run,” she said.
The new location is in the
downstairs of the historic
Bowlby Building as well
as the adjacent former bar-
ber shop, giving the organi-
zation at large 4,000 square
foot offi ce space that will
Shannon McNerney/Contributed Photo
Construction is underway on what will be the new home of
Fishtrap.
Shannon McNerney/Contributed Photo
Fishtrap, after 20 years in the Coffi n House, is in preparation to move to the Bowlby Building
and an adjacent former barber shop.
house administrative space,
a kitchen, a conference
room area, and a large venue
for programs such as Fish-
trap’s popular Fireside read-
ings, Winter Fishtrap, The
Big Read and writing work-
shops. The space will also be
made available to local orga-
nizations for their events,
McNerney said.
The building housing
the new Fishtrap space is
owned by Bill Warnock
and Michele Starr, who
McNerney says, “have been
remarkable to work with.”
Currently some Fish-
trap staff are working from
home, and some are working
from a small leased adminis-
trative offi ce space.
McNerney said she is,
“excited about a clean, safe,
beautiful space we can work
in” even though, “we loved
Coffi n house.”
McNerney said she
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expects people’s, “jaws to
drop” when they see the
fresh paint, open space and
high ceilings of Fishtrap’s
new location. The expected
move in date is April 2022
and McNerney promises an
open house.
“There will be a celebra-
tion for sure, “ she said.
“We’re stewards of Fish-
trap,” she said. “it belongs to
the community. People are
proud of Fishtrap. I hope the
community feels ownership
and is proud of it.”
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