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Start-up fund for Anjana: reopening a roadside café after floodwater
A roadside café in Salem needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after floodwater.
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For twelve years I have run a roadside café in Salem. In August, floodwater took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 weeks.
This business pays my children's school fees and rent. I have already started working from home in small ways, but I can't meet orders without proper equipment.
Every contribution brings me closer to reopening, and I promise to post photos as I buy each item.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $400 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $170
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $60
• Shop repairs and licensing: $110
• Working capital for the first month: $60
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Updates from Anjana
Update from Salem: I made the first payment toward working capital for the first month. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Anjana.
Replacing an espresso machine and grinder is $170 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Happy to explain more.
take care, Anjana. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Rockford
small businesses are the heart of Salem. Hope you're open again soon. Greetings from Paris.