Blog — community cause
Why Was a Successful Espresso Bar NOT Able to Keep Its Doors Open? | Answering Your Questions
Posted by Hannah Reedy on
After a hectic couple weeks where we went from having big plans for 2023 at the espresso bar to being kicked out, we realized there is some confusion about what happened. We hope we can answer some of your questions.
- Tags: Closure, community cause, Local Economy, Major Setbacks, People Place Coffee, Portland small business, Rocky Butte Coffee, Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters
Sourcing Coffee Direct From the Farm | Taking Care of People
Posted by James Helms on
Coffee farmers are most often underpaid. Paying farmers less than a subsistent wage for their coffee is an unethical business practice. It's exploitation. Paying farmers a living wage is one part of our core distinctive (that being people, place, coffee...). Buying direct from the farm is a way to ensure a living wage.
- Tags: Best practices, community cause, Farm, Inflation, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Product pricing, Specialty Coffee
We Set The Standard | Coffee & Community
Posted by James Helms on
The key to breaking the rules is not buying into the dominate narratives & practices that seem to dictate what life should be like, how we live our life together, how we treat customers, prospects and all other people and how we consume products and utilize services.
- Tags: Best practices, community cause, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Philosophy, Portland small business, Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters, Workweek
A Thirty Hour Workweek | Taking Care of People
Posted by James Helms on
The idea that technological advancement would somehow benefit the average worker did not consider human greed and the ever increasing edge of the adjacent possible. But technological advancement is in place to reshape how we work, further innovation around how a community invests in itself, how a community relieves the crushing burden of debt, how a community owns real property.
- Tags: community cause, family, Inflation, Living wage, Local Economy, People Place Coffee, Philosophy, Portland small business, Workweek
Plant Start Sale | An Emerging Ecology in the Neighborhood
Posted by James Helms on
The Beech Street Community Garden (it's really a farm nowadays) is selling plant starts and will use the funds to buy material to continue to maintain and expand the food that is grown...An emerging ecology is an exciting sign...We have an open license to become a helpful part of the neighborhood ecology.
- Tags: community cause, Community Happenings, Farm, Food, Garden, Live Music, Local Economy