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Clementine's Pastries

We are opening a neighborhood pastry shop offering a variety of baked goods passionately made from the finest ingredients.

$690
pledged of$25,000 goal
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Project Description

  • Clementine's Pastries Mission

Clementine’s LLC is a destination pastry shop providing the downtown community of Mount Clemens and surrounding areas a warmed soul through unique and quality pastries in a caring environment. Our wholesale customers, in the metro Detroit area, will proudly serve our products to enhance their menu options and profits.

  • Clementine's Pastries Purpose

Clementine’s Pastries offers items that no one can get around downtown Mount Clemens. Our products are defined as fresh baked goods, made from scratch pastries. The pastry shop is walkable from the County Court House and Government buildings. Nearby office buildings are occupied and filled with our customers. Our design and offerings will allow for our customers to efficiently purchase pastries and coffee for breakfast, on a break, or at lunch.  We will also set hours of operation to accommodate the many events and festivals held in downtown Mount Clemens. We will market to the government workers, court house attendees, local businesses, the community including school personnel, church patrons, and other large groups of people who frequent the city. We will build relationships with restaurants and cafes located in the metro Detroit area to secure wholesale contracts with them as we provide them with desserts/pastries to sell at their establishments. Specialty orders for cakes, decorative cookies, and pastries will strengthen purchase options for our customers.

  • Clementine's Pastries market size/opportunity

Mount Clemens has approximately 20,000 visitors to the city daily. Most of these visitors come to the downtown are for work, county business, the county court house, religious reasons, or for school as Mount Clemens High School and Middle School, Saint Mary’s, and Prevail Academy are right downtown or within a few blocks away. Downtown Mount Clemens is growing in population and with the number of businesses in the area. The city leadership has major plans to gain more visitors through interest and popularity in the downtown and through various projects that will increase the foot traffic.

  • What is Clementine's Pastries all about?

Clementine’s LLC is a destination pastry shop providing the downtown community of Mount Clemens and surrounding areas a warmed soul through unique and quality pastries in a caring environment. Our wholesale customers, in the metro Detroit area, will proudly serve our products to enhance their menu options and profits.

Clementine’s LLC is a staple in downtown Mount Clemens. Clementine’s LLC will provide the community with the highest quality of pastries and sweet treats. Clementine’s will be the go to place for desserts and pastries for walk-in and special order customers as well as a wholesale distribution to restaurants and cafes in the metro Detroit area. 

  • Why are you seeking funding and how will you spend the funding?

Starting a business requires a lot of planning, work, and funds. We have worked hard to give everything we have to get Clementine’s Pastries started. The funds that we seek to obtain will help us with the many startup costs associated to starting a business, such as, equipment, materials, supplies, inventory, etc.

  • Our team

Melissa Lavender, owner/operator/pastry chef, Vega Lavender, FOH manager, Vincent Lavender, dishwasher, David Lavender, consultant, Talli Vadnais Assistant Pastry Chef

  • Thank you!

Clementine’s Pastries sincerely appreciates all of you who support our efforts to create a destination pastry shop in the beautiful downtown Mount Clemens. Clementine’s Pastries  is built on quality, respect, relationships, honesty, integrity, fun, innovation, and community. Your purchases of these rewards will be mutually beneficial. Thank you for your support!

Updates

The Campaign FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • Where are you located? 
    • 57 Macomb Place Mount Clemens, Michigan 48043
  • Where do we find information about Clementine’s Pastries?
  • When will the Clementine’s Pastries open?
    • We are planning to open in early August of 2021.
  • When will I get my rewards that I purchased?
    • Citrus level items and other Swag will be available for pickup once we open in August. Non- pastry items can be shipped beginning in August.
    • If you donated for a specific reward like the Pastry Gathering Package or the Pastry Chef Class, we will work with you to schedule the dates and times of those events.
    • The Pumpkin Roll ingredients/list if ingredients will be available in early November in time for the class that will be held on November 8, 2021 at 7:00 pm on Zoom
    • The cakes must be ordered and picked up by December 31, 2021.
  • What is my reward for donating?
    • Each donation level will provide you with Clementine’s Pastries retail items, quality pastry products, use of our space, OR fun personal events.
    • Your donation also helps us to strengthen the downtown and community of Mount Clemens. Clementine’s Pastries is a new start up that is committed to providing quality pastries, a fun environment for both customers and employees, and we will be a partner within our community.
    • Thank you for your support as we work to open Clementine’s Pastries!

 

 

DJ McKellar
06/22/2021
Citrus Level 2
$50
Jessica Hicks
06/22/2021
Monetary Contribution
$10
Stefanie Hodgson
06/19/2021
Citrus Level 2
$50
Sheila Strunk
06/19/2021
Citrus Level 2
$50
Megan Moore
06/10/2021
Citrus Level 2
$50
Tina McNeely
06/10/2021
Pastry Package
$100
Kaitlin Sloan
06/10/2021
Monetary Contribution
$30
06/09/2021
Citrus Level 2
$50
Shelby Becker
06/09/2021
Pastry Package
$100
Tiffani
06/09/2021
Citrus Level 2
$50
Monetary Contribution

Just Because I Care

2 Supporters
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25.00 USD
Citrus Level 1

Clementine’s Signature Reusable Straw and one coffee

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50.00 USD
Citrus Level 2

2-Clementine’s Signature Reusable Straws, 2-pastries, and 2-coffees

293 Left
7 Supporters
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100.00 USD
Pastry Package

One dozen pastries and 5 coffees

297 Left
3 Supporters
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250.00 USD
Cake and Swag

Exclusive Clementine’s t-shirt, Clementine’s Signature Reusable Straw, Clementine’s Signature Candle, six inch cake (must be preordered and redeemed at your discretion, expires Jan 1,2022)

300 Left
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500.00 USD
Pastry Gathering Package

Pastry Gathering Package- use our space for up to two hours, up to 10 people, one pastry one drink per person, special invitation for up to four people to our exclusive soft opening

300 Left
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1,000.00 USD
Pumpkin Roll Making Class, Cake and Swag

One dozen pastries and 5 coffees, exclusive Clementine’s t-shirt, Clementine’s Signature Reusable Straw, Clementine’s Signature Candle, six inch cake (must be preordered and redeemed at your discretion, expires Jan 1,2022), pick up ingredients for locals or get a list of ingredients for our far away customers for the Clementine’s Signature Pumpkin Roll, Zoom Pumpkin Roll Making Class on November 8 at 7:00 pm, special invitation for up to four people to our exclusive soft opening

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2,500.00 USD
Private Pastry Chef Class

Private class for up to 8 people, learn to make your favorite four menu items or learn to decorate cookies, or learn to decorate a cake, goodie bag for each guest, special invitation for up to four people to our exclusive soft opening.

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About the Entrepreneur

Mount clemens, MI
Created 1 Campaign
Business Services

Rewards

Monetary Contribution

Just Because I Care

2 Supporters
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25.00 USD
Citrus Level 1

Clementine’s Signature Reusable Straw and one coffee

300 Left
0 Supporters
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50.00 USD
Citrus Level 2

2-Clementine’s Signature Reusable Straws, 2-pastries, and 2-coffees

293 Left
7 Supporters
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100.00 USD
Pastry Package

One dozen pastries and 5 coffees

297 Left
3 Supporters
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250.00 USD
Cake and Swag

Exclusive Clementine’s t-shirt, Clementine’s Signature Reusable Straw, Clementine’s Signature Candle, six inch cake (must be preordered and redeemed at your discretion, expires Jan 1,2022)

300 Left
0 Supporters
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500.00 USD
Pastry Gathering Package

Pastry Gathering Package- use our space for up to two hours, up to 10 people, one pastry one drink per person, special invitation for up to four people to our exclusive soft opening

300 Left
0 Supporters
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1,000.00 USD
Pumpkin Roll Making Class, Cake and Swag

One dozen pastries and 5 coffees, exclusive Clementine’s t-shirt, Clementine’s Signature Reusable Straw, Clementine’s Signature Candle, six inch cake (must be preordered and redeemed at your discretion, expires Jan 1,2022), pick up ingredients for locals or get a list of ingredients for our far away customers for the Clementine’s Signature Pumpkin Roll, Zoom Pumpkin Roll Making Class on November 8 at 7:00 pm, special invitation for up to four people to our exclusive soft opening

20 Left
0 Supporters
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2,500.00 USD
Private Pastry Chef Class

Private class for up to 8 people, learn to make your favorite four menu items or learn to decorate cookies, or learn to decorate a cake, goodie bag for each guest, special invitation for up to four people to our exclusive soft opening.

10 Left
0 Supporters
Select this reward