New Ownership of Coopersville and Size Changes

[Koshari Mahana]

Greetings,

I wanted to update everyone about the future of Coopersville. It will be taken over by Elspeth Sorrelwood, who has an interest in preserving what she can. She plans to reduce it to a 4x4 region, starting from the southwest corner and expanding north and east.

This new layout will include the main town, the yacht club, and the horse trails. It will not include the amusement park (for now — we will rebuild it on a platform later). Unfortunately, it will also not include the rental islands. Four Winds will no longer be at Coopersville either.


To the visitors:
Elspeth will keep the main parts of Coopersville that she preserves open to the public. You’ll still be able to enjoy the woods, trails, pool, ride cars, horses, boats, fly planes, and shop in the downtown and free store. Keep an eye out — the amusement park will be rebuilt on a platform.

To the island renters:
I’m so sorry. We’ll extend the date by almost an extra month from what I told you last. You then will have time to save what you’d like and find a new location for your home. The deadline will be Monday, May 19th. Many of you are already paid up — please do not renew. Those who have paid beyond that date will receive a refund. I’ll contact you individually if I don’t hear back from you.

To the residents in the free houses:
I will contact you individually to ask if you wish to continue using the free houses. The deadline for letting me know is Monday, May 12th. If I don’t hear back by then, your house will be cleared, and the new owner, Elspeth, will decide what happens next.

To the merchants in the free stores:
Nothing will change. You will be able to keep your stores. At some point down the road, the new owner may reach out to see if you’re still interested in keeping your store. If not, she will look for new merchants to fill the spaces.


I have loved being the creator and caretaker of Coopersville all these years and greatly appreciate everyone’s visits, involvement in activities, and the people who chose to call Coopersville home. I am forever grateful to all of you.

Best wishes,
Koshari

[Chris Namaste]

warm sincere thankyou's koshari♥

[Elspeth Sorrelwood]

Greetings!

Coopersville is a remarkable, beautiful and cohesive world created by talented and dedicated individuals, especially Koshari Mahana whose vision it chiefly is and who has developed it over many years. I did not want to see it disappear at the end of April 2025, which is why I contacted Koshari in the first place. We discussed options and possibilities, and came up with the plan outlined by Koshari.

Whatever happens to Coopersville, it needs to be financially sustainable by whoever takes it on. Virtual worlds is a hobby for many, as it is for me. I knew I would not be able to afford to keep it on a Mega World, even with the kind offer of Kitely to grandfather-in a discount, and with hoped-for income from island rentals (I was part of a group that tried that in SL a long time ago - it's scary and we found it very difficult to make it work).

But a Kitely Advanced World is potentially sustainable, it has a decent prim allowance (120,000) and will enable the meaty 4x4 SW corner of the current build to continue into the future. Over time, Koshari is hoping to rebuild the funfair as a skybuild, so that won't be lost either.

This is a compromise solution to a pressing and urgent problem, and will probably disappoint many. I'm sorry the islands will be disappearing from Coopersville, but perhaps someone else could develop and support an offshoot World for the islanders to continue. For example, a separate 4x4 Kitely Advanced World would work, and would even give the islanders a bigger prim allowance! But it's not something I could offer to do.

I'm looking forward to becoming Coopersville's new caretaker, helping it move on, with the help of Koshari and others, to a new chapter in its history.

Do say "Hi" if you see me in world.

Elspeth Sorrelwood