diff --git a/igloo_core/src/igloo_cli.rs b/igloo_core/src/igloo_cli.rs
index ffdb0c5..84317df 100644
--- a/igloo_core/src/igloo_cli.rs
+++ b/igloo_core/src/igloo_cli.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 
+use crate::Igloo;
 use crate::IglooType;
 use crate::IglooType::*;
 use crate::IglooStatus;
@@ -101,3 +102,28 @@ fn igloo_run_cli() -> clap::ArgMatches
 		.get_matches();
 	ret_app
 }
+
+/// Igloo CLI Helper functions
+/// These functions take some raw cli input and give us some helpful values
+/// Putting these here so I don't have to pollute other code with this
+pub fn ich_new_get_project_name(igloo: &Igloo) -> String
+{
+	return String::from(igloo
+						.cli_info
+						.raw
+						.subcommand()
+						.unwrap().1
+						.value_of("project_name")
+						.unwrap())
+}
+
+pub fn ich_new_get_target_name(igloo: &Igloo) -> String
+{
+	return String::from(igloo
+						.cli_info
+						.raw
+						.subcommand()
+						.unwrap().1
+						.value_of("target")
+						.unwrap())
+}
diff --git a/igloo_core/src/igloo_project.rs b/igloo_core/src/igloo_project.rs
index 282eeb7..12cd444 100644
--- a/igloo_core/src/igloo_project.rs
+++ b/igloo_core/src/igloo_project.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,63 @@
-pub struct IglooProject
-{
+use crate::Igloo;
+use crate::igloo_cli::*;
+
+use crate::IglooType;
+use crate::IglooType::*;
+
+use crate::IglooStatus;
+use crate::IglooStatus::*;
 
+use crate::igloo_target::IglooTarget;
+
+pub struct IglooProject<'a>
+{
+	igloo: &'a Igloo,
+	name: String,
+	targets: Vec<IglooTarget>,
 }
 
-impl IglooProject
+impl<'a> IglooProject<'a>
 {
+	/// Used to populate an IglooProject from scratch
+	/// This means we do not yet have any project in storage
+	/// and we must generate those directories, files, and symlinks
+	/// and then populate the project in memory
+	pub fn from_new(igloo_in: &'a Igloo, project_name: String) -> IglooProject
+	{
+		IglooProject
+		{
+			name: ich_new_get_project_name(igloo_in),
+			/// targets -- a vector of targets added for this project
+			targets: Vec::default(),
+			igloo: igloo_in,
+
+
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// Used to populate an IglooProject from an existing project
+	/// So this will be called when things like
+	/// igloo run, push, pull, erase, etc... are called
+	pub fn from_existing(igloo: &'a Igloo) -> IglooProject
+	{
+		IglooProject
+		{
+			name: 
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn is_igloo_prj(path: &std::path::PathBuf) -> bool
+	{
+		if !path.join("igloo").exists()
+		{
+			return false
+		}
 
+		if !path.join("igloo.toml").exists()
+		{
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	}
 }
diff --git a/igloo_core/src/igloo_target.rs b/igloo_core/src/igloo_target.rs
index e69de29..5147cf2 100644
--- a/igloo_core/src/igloo_target.rs
+++ b/igloo_core/src/igloo_target.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+struct IglooTargetLinks
+{
+	common: String,
+	mcu: String,
+	ld: String,
+	cfg: String,
+}
+
+pub struct IglooTarget
+{
+	name: String,
+	links: IglooTargetLinks,
+	includes: Vec<String>,
+	scripts: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl IglooTarget
+{
+
+}