点评:Due to many year-round residents and winter visitors to the grounds of Chautauqua Institution needing a gathering place, this is the cozy result! Common Ground began as a card table with a coffee urn and a tip jar on a main corner near Bestor Plaza run by residents who missed being able to gather and chat. As it became popular, people donated cookies and snacks. Finally, the institution saw fit to allow this group of volunteer residents to rent for $1 a class room building in the same area throughout the winter. If you visit during the institution's off-season, you'll fins a welcoming atmosphere, coffees, teas, snacks, cookies, pastries and on Sundays someone makes a crockpot of soup. There are activities for the kids and newspapers to read. What a wonderful respite for those shopping in winter or taking the horse sleigh rides! And, it's all free will donation.
翻译:由于许多常年居民和冬季游客需要聚会场所,因此,这里便成为了 Chautauqua Institution 的温馨之选!Common Ground 最初是 Bestor Plaza 附近主街角的一张牌桌,上面放着咖啡壶和小费罐,由怀念聚会聊天时光的居民经营。随着它越来越受欢迎,人们捐赠了饼干和零食。最后,该机构认为,这群志愿者居民可以在整个冬季以 1 美元的价格租用同一地区的一间教室。如果您在机构的淡季期间访问,您会发现这里氛围温馨,有咖啡、茶、零食、饼干、糕点,周日还会有人做一锅汤。这里有适合儿童的活动和报纸供阅读。对于那些在冬季购物或乘坐马拉雪橇的人来说,这是一个多么美好的休息场所!而且,这一切都是自愿捐赠的。