Coffee at the Point launches GoFundMe to raise funds for reopening.
campaign with the hope of raising over $56,000 to reopen his spot at 710 East 26th Avenue in Five Points.
When he closed the 3,000-square-foot Coffee at the Point, Cobbins cited staffing issues, rising business costs and a lawsuit filed by former business partner Matthew Burkett that he says has cost around $10,000 in attorney's fees so far., which has bought up properties and invested in businesses, including Coffee at the Point, throughout Five Points, Denver's historic Black neighborhood.
"I think where our neighborhood is at right now is regardless of whatever things Matthew did, it's really time to turn the page, turn the corner. I'd rather focus on what we can do in the future. There's a lot of opportunity in Five Points," Cobbins says.The GoFundMe, which went live on September 21, has already raised more than $8,000 toward the requested goal of $56,052 goal.
Talking about Coffee at the Point, Cobbins gets nostalgic."I'm reminded of the graduation party that the husband requested because his wife spent about a year and a half to two years doing her dissertation," he says."I'm thinking about the folks who had their engagement party at Coffee at the Point because he met her for the first time in the back living room area over a cup of coffee.
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