Local Sprouts: Letters of Supported Needed ASAP

[Hanifa]

Dear Community!!

Local Sprouts Cooperative is looking for letters of support from
YOU. We currently are negotiating for a lease in a downtown retail
space, which will serve as the home of our Community Supported Cafe
and the Local Sprouts headquarters.

To strengthen our negotiations we are looking for letters that
support Local Sprouts and how our new Community Supported Cafe will
be an asset to the Portland Community and beyond.

About the Community Supported Cafe:

* Local Sprouts Cafe will be Portland's first Community
Supported Cafe, where people can become members of the cafe through
putting down money up front that gives them a credit to order off of
our weekly pick-up to-go menu or purchase food at the cafe. Local
Sprouts Cafe will also be open to the general public to come in and
eat delicious local food.

* Local Sprouts Cafe will be a community gathering place that
offers delicious local food at affordable prices in a comfortable
environment. Our menu will feature local and organic breakfast,
soup, salads, baked goods and entrees. We will offer fair-trade
coffee, herbal teas, local beer, organic & local wines and meads. We
will be open from morning to night and will host performances and
events at night

* In the proposed location at 645 Congress St It will be a
family friendly gathering point for Portlanders, especially for Arts
District, West End and Parkside residents

TAKE ACTION NOW!

If you have ever experienced Local Sprouts' food or seen us in
action in the community and you loved it, please write a quick note
to:

Bayside Maine, LLC

477 Congress St. Suite 1012

Portland, ME 04101
Attn: Greg Shinberg and Justin Alfond


What to include in your letter:

* Your experiences with Local Sprouts
* Why you think our Community Supported Cafe will be a community
asset
* How often you think you'll eat at our cafe
* How Local Sprouts supports your work or the work of others in
the community



The more letters the better!
You can attach a Word Document on official letter head or you can
send the letter in an e-mail. Fwd this on to your contacts!!

Please send letters back to fo...@localsproutscooperative.com
by 8pm on MONDAY, JULY 27th.



We appreciate your continued support and enthusiasm.



One Heart:Many Hands
Hanifa


p.s. Come to Taking Root: Celebrating 2 Years of Local Sprouts and the
launching of our Community Supported Cafe at SPACE, 538 Congress St
on August 8 at 6:30pm



HANIFA WASHINGTON
Local Sprouts Cooperative
Worker Owner/ Co-Founder
207.615.7522
www.localsproutscooperative.com
han...@localsproutscooperative.com