05/08/2026
We started this fundraiser as a way to help us stay open - and we still need your help.
For those that don’t know our story - we were forced to leave our home of nearly 8 years - with only a couple month’s notice.
This unplanned move came after myself and another shop owner were the victims of nearly daily harassment. I’ve kept this part to myself for some time, but I refuse to be silenced any longer.
For 10 months, I cried almost every day on my drive to work, knowing that there was a good chance my entire day would be derailed due to the harassment suffered.
It took months of gathering evidence, photos, videos, tracking “unscheduled drop ins” (21 of 30 days per month on average) before the police were able to charge the person with criminal harassment.
10 months I suffered - followed by many, many months of therapy through victim services.
But that was just the beginning of the most difficult transition of my life.
Putting non essentials into storage.
Working out of two temporary work spaces, because neither had the space or full amenities needed to operate out of just one.
Travelling 3-4 days a week between work spaces, and then doing renovations on the other 3-4 days, most evenings, and every weekend.
Blood, sweat, tears and so much sacrifice just to keep this business alive.
This fundraiser had started to make traction, raising approximately 24% of our original goal - 12k of 50k
I know that number LOOKS big, but our fundraising goal was only a fraction of our actual needs.
Renovations, including completely redoing the space, installing new drywall to get rid of Mold, painting, waterproof panels, lifting old tiles and installing food grade floors, electrical, plumbing, and contractors (for the jobs we could not do ourselves) cost us just over $75,000
This does not include our walk-in cooler.
Temp work spaces during renovations cost just under $33,000
Trailer/truck rental and travel expenses during those times to transport barrels between locations was approximately $7500
These are all ADDITIONAL costs to the lease of our new space plus utilities, operational costs and storage fees was just over $45,000
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