OLD FORT — A budding entrepreneur is seeking the community’s support so his dream of opening a coffee shop in Old Fort can become a reality.
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Budding entrepreneur seeks to raise money for new coffee shop in Old Fort
Budding entrepreneur seeks to raise money for new coffee shop in Old Fort
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For more than four weekends in a row, Nathan Smith has held a pop-up coffee stand in front of an old brick building at 39 Catawba Ave. in Old Fort. On a recent Saturday morning, he was out front serving up cups of freshly brewed coffee. The weekend pop-ups are a way for him to let the Old Fort community know what he’s got to offer and also invite folks to support his brewing business.
Nathan Smith, with help from his family, friends and the building’s owner, have worked to transform the building at 39 Catawba Ave. into a new coffee shop Seeker Coffee. But they are raising $25,000 on GoFundMe to complete the transformation with the goal of opening for business by this fall.
The name for Nathan Smith’s planned new business is Seeker Coffee and he intends to open it in the brick building at 39 Catawba Ave. in Old Fort.
Here is the logo for the planned coffee shop in Old Fort.
Nathan Smith, his family and friends and the building’s owner have steadily worked to transform the more than 100-year-old brick structure on Catawba Avenue into a new coffee shop.
Nathan Smith with help from his family, his friends and the building’s owner have renovated the interior of the building at 39 Catawba Ave. in Old Fort. They are raising $25,000 on GoFundMe to complete the transformation with the goal of opening for business by this fall.
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