Despite not even having opened yet, a coffee shop in Mission Bay, San Francisco, has already seen at least two break-ins in a 24-hour period.
However, the proprietors believe it won’t stop them from starting their company and hope their strategy will help dissuade some of the criminal activity.
Silicon Valley Coffee’s owners were given a taste of how San Francisco’s businesses are dealing with violence. When Vance Bjorn and Matt Baker arrived on Sunday to begin on their new store, they discovered two people on the property with needles all over the place.
Officers spoke with the suspects when the owners called the police, however they did not make any arrests.
Baker told CBS News Bay Area, “I’m a little disappointed and a little shaken up.” “When we returned home the following morning, we discovered that everything we owned had been stolen. Ironically, this includes our recently installed security system.
Other business owners might have been deterred by the incident, but not these two.
“We want to work with the community, with the local representation and work with them to find solutions so that other businesses don’t have to go through this,” he stated. “We’re putting a lot on the line out here to redo this space and that was a big setback for us.”
Baker and Bjorn mean it when they claim they’re risking a lot. Knowing that they will have to close when developers decide to start construction on a tall building with roughly a thousand rental units, they are investing heavily to open this location on 4th Street. Although Silicon Valley Coffee may only be using this location temporarily, the owners couldn’t turn down the proposal.
“This is an incredible opportunity,” Baker remarked. “It’s not every day an entire coffee shop, a restaurant, a giant patio in a prime location just lands in your feet and they ask you, can you help to make it better.”
Therefore, they are not only dedicated to seeing their company expand, but they also hope that it will help to revive the community.
Bjorn told CBS News Bay Area, “We truly believe that reviving this corner is the best way to solve these issues.”
Not just the Creamery’s former location is receiving a makeover. To make this intersection of 4th and Townsend more welcoming, these store closure signs will be taken down, the area will be cleaned up, and lights will be installed. One cup at a time, Baker and Bjorn are committed to changing the world.
According to Bjorn, “Coffee is about community,” “Historically coffee shops have brought people together and this neighborhood needs to be brought together.”
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