Old Town Plaza Continued..

Thank you friends for following and praying for Sound City! We have received an offer from the bank. The offer was a little bit more than what we had originally asked for, but we responded with another offer in hopes the bank will agree with the terms that Russ has placed before them.

Russ also wondered over to Olympia Coffee Roasters today and chatted with the owner, Oliver, to discuss further plans on starting an account. I can't begin to tell you how EXCITING this is for me. By starting an account with this roaster we'll have ample training with their baristas, and these dudes know what they're doing. My baristaexchange and james hoffman knowledge is about to go hands on and I can't wait. Brew methods, dose/weight, temperature, pressure, milk, coffee, la marzocco, latte art... face to face interaction with the pros. So exciting!!

My passion for coffee that has been developing over the years makes this journey an extremely enjoyable one. It can be easy to dive into coffee and lose vision of why we began Sound City Coffee to begin with. Coffee is all about community and that is the real drive behind our shop. To meet people, to build relationships, to be in the community helping when no one else wants to, loving people who know one else wants to love, supporting people who have no support. I love coffee and I care a lot about it, but it doesn't compare to the feelings I have for this community.

Over the course of this week we are hoping to hear back from the bank about the second offer we gave them and we will be trying to sign the lease as soon as we can. Our launch date remains April 24th. The faster we sign the lease, the faster we can work on the space and the faster we can open up shop. Keep those alarms set for 1:29 and I'll be sure to keep you posted as the week goes on.

Thank you so much for your support!

Old Town Plaza

As most of you know, Sound City is in the process of starting a coffee shop in Tumwater. I've filled you in on the sweet equipment we've acquired, the specialty coffee industry and our potential space in the Old Town Plaza. Currently the space we are trying to rent is in the bank's possession which is making the process of signing the lease move slower than we'd like.

We sent a proposal nearly three weeks ago to the property manager, who is basically the middle man between us and the bank, and she keeps telling us "It is sitting on their desk for revision. We will get back to you soon."

Our goal is to be able to have the lease signed and be in the space by Easter Sunday (our launch date). The bank is moving fairly slow and I'm pretty anxious to hear back from them. Russ Knight, pastor of Sound City, is going to be contacting them throughout this week trying to get some sort of idea about what they're thinking as far as the lease goes. Russ has picked out some other spaces that are available in Tumwater, but I must admit, our team definitely has our hearts set on this space.

Here are some pictures I took during our last visit:

It's obvious that this space is ready for a coffee shop to move in, and we are MORE than ready to set up! As this week moves along I'm asking my blogging pals to come along side Sound City and pray for this space this week. Of course, if this isn't the space that God has provided for us please pray that He would quickly shut the door so we can move along to other potential spots. I'll be setting an alarm on my phone this week for 1:29 to go along with Philippians 1:29 that says "For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for Him." It's easy to forget that trusting in God alone is such a privilege. I can't wait to see what's gonna happen over the course of the next few weeks.

Thanks for the prayers and support!

Febs

So February has been awesome so far. I thought it best to send an update in photos this time around..

This is my friend Jess that I used to work with at Forza. She moved here from NC with her husband, Drew, who is in the army. They live in Dupont and are now plugged into Life Church, where I help lead worship and am currently serving until Sound City starts weekly this April. Jess and I spent an afternoon one day painting pottery. This is her with her husband's new popcorn bowl!

We didn't paint these cute mugs but we did use them to enjoy some Batdorf and Bronson=)

You can't really tell, but I made a box (green and brown) and etched birds and branches on the top. Seeing how I'm not ultra crafty, I was happy with the result.

One afternoon I went up to Ballard and had coffee at Aster's Cafe with my friend Zach.

Aster's is cool for various reasons and the fact that they serve up Intelli's Black Cat and various Stumptown blends is one of them.

My friend, Zach.

coffee is amazing, really.

Got a chance to go down to Portland with my friend Melanie to watch a show at The Woods. It was definitely the coolest venue I've ever been to.

My brother came to town recently and we got to go to White Pass and ski for the day.

Definitely saw some fresh powder on the mountain.

When we got back we hit up Dirty Dave's Pizza Parlor and ate dinner and played some Pac Man.

Now THIS is our new espresso machine and our first HUGE purchase for our new coffee shop in Tumwater. We're so excited about it! I can't wait to get it hooked up in our future space and start making drinks.

Here is one of our Mazzer grinders we got for decaf.

And here's our Mazzer for our regular. Hopefully these grinders will be filled with Big Truck espresso provided by Olympia Coffee Roasters. (those guys are awesome)

La Marzocco.