Fresher Than Fresh looking for funding, flavors

When Lindsay Laricks files her tax returns next year, she’ll get to write “snow cone vendor” under occupation. She left her job as a graphic designer in January to concentrate on Fresher Than Fresh Snow Cones, the frozen creations she sells from her restored Shasta teardop trailer.

To turn her operation mobile, Laricks hired C&G Construction to make the 13-by-8-foot trailer into a rolling snow cone distribution center. But retrofitting a 1957 trailer is a lot harder than buying a prefabricated pushcart. Laricks came up $6,300 short, even after cashing in her 401(k) and using her personal savings.

That’s when she discovered Kickstarter — an online fundraising site where business and artistic ventures seek contributions for specific projects. Like rehabbing a Shasta trailer. 

“It’s amazing that people in other cities have popped up to show support for my project because they love what I’m doing,” Laricks tells Fat City.

To date, 110 backers have pledged $2,911. But Kickstarter is an all-or-nothing deal — either the project is entirely funded or it’s back to the drawing board for Laricks. She has 26 days to go to reach her goal of $6,300.
 
“It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster,” she says. “I’m just finding ways to keep the momentum going and hoping things pick up in the last few weeks.”