Short Summary
Imagine a coffee house where "Cheers" meets "Friends"; a place where everybody knows your name and cares about YOUR story. That's the kind of coffee house that we want to open in the Richland area. We started with a dream, that dream became a goal, our goal is to start offering our specialty coffees and teas as well as fresh roasted coffee beans within the next 6 MONTHS! This is the next step to achieve that goal.
As an educator with Gull Lake Community Schools for over 24 years, Floy has developed strong connections with the families and businesses of the Gull Lake community. Having grown up in the Richland area, Kim has a knowledge and pride in her community that is unsurpassed. Together they have built this dream of making Great Grounds Coffee another prestigious Richland business. At Great Grounds we want to foster community connections and inspire kindness. Great Grounds Coffee house is a coffee house designed to bring a community together.
Impact
The problem right now, is when the fine people of Richland want a high quality coffee or tea, they have to travel outside of our town. THE SOLUTION?! We will be brewing, steeping and roasting RIGHT HERE IN RICHLAND!
Please consider making a donation to help us open the doors of Great Grounds Coffee House
What We Need & What You Get
Our goal for this campaign is to raise $50,000! This will go toward purchasing equipment and renovating our future store front . Any money beyond our $50,000 will continue to go toward expanding our community outreach, barista education and equipment maintenance.
Risks & Challenges
Our biggest obstacle at this point in time is funding. We have spend time putting together our business plan, refining it with the help of the Small Business Development Center, educating ourselves in the art of barista and applying for small business loans. After being unable to secure enough funding due to the start up nature of our business we refocused our efforts into this crowdfunding campaign.
We believe in our business model, our thirst to be life long learners and the natural social environment of a coffee house will lead to our businesses success.
Supportive Rewards and Experiences
$25 Thanks A Latte: Great Grounds Coffee Magnet & 2 Free Drinks
$50 Roasted Coffee: 5 Free Drinks & 8 oz Bag of Freshly Roasted Coffee
$100 Travel Mug: Great Grounds Coffee Magnets, 10 Free Drinks, 12 oz Bag of Freshly Roasted Coffee & a Travel Mug
$150 SWAG Bag: Great Grounds Coffee Magnets, 10 Free Drinks, Travel Mug, T-Shirt ALL in a Great Grounds Tote
$200 Be Our Guest : You and a Guest are invited to join us for "Taste the Menu!" PLUS Have your name up on our Founders Wall and receive an EXCLUSIVE T-shirt with “Founder” on the back!
$250 FREE Coffee for 1 Year: Welcome to our Founders Wall, EXCLUSIVE T-shirt with "Founder" on the back PLUS 1 Free Drink a week for 52 weeks
$500 SUPER Supporter: Receive SWAG Bag, Be Our Guest Taste Menu & Free Drink for 1 Year (1 Free Drink / week for 52 weeks) Reward Packages
$1,000 Menu Item Named after You: "We will name a menu item in your honor for one full year! PLUS, Enjoy your name safe for FREE 1 time per week for an entire year! Plus Get a Free Drink 1 time / week for 52 weeks! Go up on our Founder Wall Recognition plus EXCLUSIVE T-Shirt"
$2,000 Roastmaster for the Day: You and 1 Guest get to Create your own Coffee Roast! Name it, Label it and enjoy 12 Exclusive 8 oz bags! PLUS 1 Free Drink a week for 52 weeks & Founder Wall Recognition and EXCLUSIVE T-Shirt
$5,000 PREMIUM Patron: WOW! We are Humbled by your Support! We will host a private event for you and up to 25 of your guests. We will provide drinks, food, dessert and entertainment. Many other perks included:)
$10,000 HOLY CAPPUCCINO Batman: Words Can Not Begin to Describe the Gratitude we have for you! You are making Dreams Come True. Lets Sit Down and discuss what perks we can offer you. Thank you!
Other Ways You Can Help
We need your help to get the word out. We would appreciate for you to share this project with your crowd: your office-mates, friends and families. You can use the share tools on this page to post this to all your favorite Social Networking sites!
Thank you and Have a Blessed Day:)