If you ’ve always hope to give up your 9 - to-5 business to move to Maine to operate a historical bed and breakfast — one that sits on 12 Acre and has scenic views of Kezar Lake and the White Mountains — then theCenter Lovell Inn , built in 1805 , could be your dream get along true . All you need to make it yours is $ 125 , a postage stamp , and the good 200 - Holy Writ essay around .
In 1993 , then - owners of the Inn , Bil and Susie Mosca , held an essay competition ( entry fee : $ 100 ) to regain a replacement . They select Janice Sage , who had been manage a 50,000 - straight - foot restaurant in Maryland before winning ownership of the Inn . But after more than two decades of managing the bed and breakfast , Sage , now 68 , is ready to crawl in . And she ’s planning her own essay competition to receive the Inn ’s new owner .
" There ’s a lot of very gifted multitude in the eating house business organisation who would care to have their own station but ca n’t afford it , " Sage separate thePress Herald . " This is a way for them to have the opportunity to try . "
The contest has already been deem legal in Maine because the essay component makes it a affair of skill and not luck . Sage hopes to incur at least 7500 entries , which would earn her the $ 900,000 that local actual estate agent suggested she list the Inn for — although unlike the Moscas before her , Sage has not assure to cease collecting newcomer after she hits that amount .
" If I get more submission , all the better , " she said .
To apply , aspiring Inn - owners ( 18 year of age and older ) can send off a 200 - or - less - word essay on the subject of why they ’re the good scene , as well as a check for $ 125 , to the Center Lovell Inn frank by May 7 ( you may read the full instructionshere ) . salvia will narrow down the applicant to a top 20 and from there , two anon. judge will pick the new proprietor of the Inn . If you apply , be sure you ’re quick to dive headfirst into possession — salvia is hop to denote a successor on May 21st .
The Moscas are not involved in the contest this clock time around , but the yoke still hold up in Lovell . Bil is sure-footed that just as it did last time , the essay competition will deliver a meet young possessor for the centuries - onetime Inn .
He suppose the great unwashed often require him when he and his wife keep a contest , " ' What if you get the amiss person or what if this mortal lie to you ? ' Our answer was and is , ' We desire . ' It was part of the magic of this whole thing . And it rick out we were correct . "
