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sale in an old home on New Boston Road, where they learned that the house would soon be for sale. Once Cody knew it would be on the market, he was on high alert. As soon as it was available, he made an offer. At that time, he
Taking their new venture from concept to reality started once the group decided on a type of business. While general planning and discussion took almost a year, they were able to design, remodel, and open the business in an unheard-of five-month time frame.
was unsure what to do with the house, but he knew the home was full of potential and could be an asset to the area. “I bought it and thought, now what do we do? Then, I thought a coffee shop would be a great idea,” Cody said. “It would be a good place for that. Nash is underserved with some of those things, and it would be really compatible with other projects we have planned.” “[Cody] wanted to do something that would protect the house, keeping some of the architectural interest because this house is one of the older homes in Nash,” Josh added. “There is a lot of history around the house with the school and different students, so a big part of it was finding a business that would
During this time, Josh also found a coffee school where he could learn the ins and outs of opening and running a successful coffee shop. “It has all the coffee information, but then it also had a significant amount of minutia about cups and what percentage of our cost can be in a drink for us to be okay,” Josh explained. “We learned a lot about the equipment, ordering, how to flow things, and how to organize the equipment in a way that allows the baristas to do what they need to do in a way that is comfortable and allows them to interact with the customer.” While Josh was busy learning about running a coffee shop, Cody oversaw the renovation process. Though he had crews
fit.” You may be wondering how they landed on the concept of a coffee shop and what gave them the confidence that they had the proper knowledge to install one. “Nobody I know enjoys coffee like Josh,” Cody laughed. “He has talked about getting into the coffee business on some level, either with a roaster or a shop, so I talked to Josh, who said, ‘Let me get with Rendi. It’s a maybe.’ Rendi liked the idea too, so we said, ‘Let’s do it!’”
available to do the work, and both he and Natalie have extensive backgrounds in design, the group gives a vast amount of credit to Justin Scurlock with local business Scurlock Studio for his help with the design and his very hands-on approach to the whole project. Natalie was able to work with Justin on both the function of the overall design and the aesthetics. Josh and Justin spent time reviewing each piece of equipment and how it would function
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