Victoria Watcher posted topic Sooke's Stick in the Mud coffee house become a co-op

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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Sooke's Stick in the Mud coffee house become a co-op" in forum "Food and Dining, Hotel and Hospitality Industry Discussions".

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Sooke residents band together to save beloved local caféThe Stick in the Mud coffee house is now co-op owned and will be renamed Café Vosino

A beloved Sooke coffee house closed its doors Sunday but it will re-open after about 400 community members banded together to purchase the business through a co-op.

Stick in the Mud Coffee House owner David Evans signed the sale papers on Sunday afternoon with Sooke Community Investment Cooperative president Wendy O'Conner in front of a cheering crowd that had come out for the coffee shop's last day of operation.Coffee shop regulars O'Conner, Jim Meunier and Bernie Klassen started a campaign to save the Stick when they learned of the plans to close in April.

Working with Co-Operatives First, a Saskatoon-based co-op creator, the trio formed a co-op and began raising money to purchase the business.

Last minute donations came flying in with more than $16,000 raised on Saturday alone, said O'Conner, adding that the co-op has now raised about 70 per cent of the funds needed.

Evans only decided to sell to the co-op late Saturday night, she said.

Shop employees working Sunday, many of whom had purchased a co-op membership, were overjoyed to learn of the decision.

The coffee shop will be renamed to Cafe Vosino, after V0S 1N0, Sooke's former postal code.


https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/sooke-residents-band-together-to-save-beloved-local-cafe-7314837 (https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/sooke-residents-band-together-to-save-beloved-local-cafe-7314837)
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