Fresh Grounds Coffee House Opens at Seventh Landing

Fresh Grounds is a supported work program designed to teach employment skills to the residents of Seventh Landing, a supported permanent housing program that helps end the cycle of homelessness of young adults exiting the foster care/out of home placementsystems.

Programs like this are necessary to address the fact that over 70 percent of homeless youth in the Twin Cites are former children of the foster care system.

The Fresh Grounds Coffee House project for the last two years has been working to design, fund, and build a working coffee house/cafe to teach employment skills, and give our tenants the confidence to gain market employment.

The Fresh Grounds Coffee House project would not have been possible without the generous support of the city of St. Paul through the STAR program, Cermak Rhoades Architects, Frerichs Construction Company, the Wilder Foundation, the St. Paul Foundation, the Bigelow Foundation, the Mardag Foundation, and the McCoy Foundation.

Best of all, the tenants have been involved from the beginning, naming the project, doing presentations in the community, attending city council meetings, helping with construction, and now decorating the space and planning a menu. The tenants are hopeful, excited and looking forward to seeing all of you there to enjoy the wonderful space, and the great food we have to offer.

The coffee shop serves gourmet FAIR TRADE Coffee, Fruit-Smoothies, Sandwiches, Tea, Muffins, Scones, Latte, Mocha, Chai -Tea, Juices, Pasta Salads, Frozen Coffee, Cookies, and more. Come in for community, coffee, and conversation. Located at 1362 West Seventh Street, parking available. Open Monday - Friday 7:00 am-7:00 pm.

Editor’s Note: This announcement was provided by RS Eden.