Dine-In Lounge Experience
My vision is to expand our current coffee shop to open a modern, inspiring and relaxing multi-purpose community lounge.
Project Description
The mission behind Bean Kings Coffee Express is simple. Delicious, gourmet coffee that pours into cups and pours back into the lives within our community.
Currently, our town of less than 2,500 people, primarily tribal, is extremely impoverished and underserved for a modern and inspiring free space to dream, learn, or grow relationally.
We are the only coffee shop within 15 miles in all directions, also located in our county seat.
Bean Kings Coffee Express serves numerous coffee and non-coffee beverages along side quick, delicious foods. In our town, there isn’t anywhere else to conveniently purchase almost every single one of our menu items.
I am primarily seeking funding to refurbish an empty space connected to our drive-thru coffee shop into a community lounge. The funds received will be applied towards insulating, painting, furnishing, decorating, and completing a modern, inspiring lounge open to the community.
Outside of our lounge refurbishment, any additional funds would be applied toward:
1.) Education courses to better my skill set and knowledge of barista training and business ownership to then reciprocate back into my team.
2.) Update existing machinery to provide reliable, better product for our customers.
The Bean Kings team is composed of Joshua and Jodi Banks along with two part time employees. Our business is primarily operated by myself and my husband as co-owners.
To be granted the opportunity to provide quality product, service and space for our community would be life changing for me, my family and for our community. I give honor and my utmost gratitude to those that would even consider to fund this expansion and invest in me. I can not fully express how truly, deeply thankful I am, and that our community will be, to feel seen, to feel valued, to be given opportunity to have a beautiful space to enjoy and thrive. The sky is this limit for this space- community budgeting classes, parenting groups, free events, meeting space, studying space, and so much more. This could be the start of making a major impact in our town and in my small business. And that to me, means everything. Thank you for considering the possibilities with me, for taking your time to see the vision of my small business as a multi-faceted success.
Updates
The Campaign FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Does your business have any debt?
A: We have a friends/family personal loan of $4K and not a penny more.
Q: Is your business in good standing with the IRS and the Secretary of State?
A: Yes
Q: Is your business currently licensed with the Health Department?
A: Yes
Q: Do you work more than 20 hours per week in the coffee shop?
A: Yes, minimum 20 hours but usually much more.
Q: Is your business woman or black owned?
A: Yes to both. I am a woman and my husband, the co-owner and Manager is black.
Q: Do you belong to a tribe?
A: No, our shop is located in a small tribal community recognized as the capital of The Cherokee Nation.
Q: Are you a first generation business owner?
A: Yes
Q: Has your business been operation al least half of a year?
A: Yes, we opened for business on 2022-06-06.
Even the donation of $25 can help furnish our community lounge and for that, I would love to send a handwritten thank you card to genuinely express my gratitude for your contribution.
Just Because I Care
Every penny donated into my small business makes you a part of the team from my perspective. With the donation of $75, I will ship our official Bean Kings Coffee Express T-Shirt directly to you!
A centrical design element in our lounge will be a custom tiled area to honor those that make this space possible. For every donation of $250, I will give your name(s), business, foundation, etc, an honorary piece of our building by placing you directly onto our wall. Like a plaque, but cooler!
Through the use of this lounge to better our community, a monthly newsletter will be distributed to showcase renovation updates, photos, testimonials, monthly specials, events and much more. With the donation of $150, you will get exclusive insight into the growth of my small business and the fruition of my community vision.
Every donation of $500.00 or more will be listed on a honorary plaque centrally located in our seating area.
For every $1000.00 our coffee shop will donate our donut services for a free promotion to our community members. You will be named as the host or “made possible by” when promoting this event.
Example: Come join us on Friday for free breakfast for students made possible by (enter your desired information here).
These types of events are extremely impactful in our community because the people are extremely impoverished and do not often have the luxury to non-essentials.
For each person that donates $10, your name or desired information will be listed on our Bean Kings Coffee Express Facebook business page as a boosted post to recognize all of those who make this community lounge a reality.
The cost of this sponsorship will provide the funds to pay for continued education masterclass at Texas Coffee School and the travel expenses that accompany this course.
Course information: https://texascoffeeschool.com/coffee-classes/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAkMGcBhCSARI…
Donating $5.00 just to show support!
Rewards
Even the donation of $25 can help furnish our community lounge and for that, I would love to send a handwritten thank you card to genuinely express my gratitude for your contribution.
Just Because I Care
Every penny donated into my small business makes you a part of the team from my perspective. With the donation of $75, I will ship our official Bean Kings Coffee Express T-Shirt directly to you!
A centrical design element in our lounge will be a custom tiled area to honor those that make this space possible. For every donation of $250, I will give your name(s), business, foundation, etc, an honorary piece of our building by placing you directly onto our wall. Like a plaque, but cooler!
Through the use of this lounge to better our community, a monthly newsletter will be distributed to showcase renovation updates, photos, testimonials, monthly specials, events and much more. With the donation of $150, you will get exclusive insight into the growth of my small business and the fruition of my community vision.
Every donation of $500.00 or more will be listed on a honorary plaque centrally located in our seating area.
For every $1000.00 our coffee shop will donate our donut services for a free promotion to our community members. You will be named as the host or “made possible by” when promoting this event.
Example: Come join us on Friday for free breakfast for students made possible by (enter your desired information here).
These types of events are extremely impactful in our community because the people are extremely impoverished and do not often have the luxury to non-essentials.
For each person that donates $10, your name or desired information will be listed on our Bean Kings Coffee Express Facebook business page as a boosted post to recognize all of those who make this community lounge a reality.
The cost of this sponsorship will provide the funds to pay for continued education masterclass at Texas Coffee School and the travel expenses that accompany this course.
Course information: https://texascoffeeschool.com/coffee-classes/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAkMGcBhCSARI…
Donating $5.00 just to show support!