Story Mill Center and Cafe Evoke Update

I talked a few days ago about the new center that is in the works for Bozeman, Montana. The new place will be called the Story Mill Center and will be located in the northeast part of Bozeman. At this point, the area is under developed - commercially. There are neighborhoods and a few industrial businesses that exist currently in the place that this entire project will be located. I talked about our chances of opening Cafe Evoke (the coffee house) in the Story Mill Center. Well, things are still moving forward for that project and looking like we may have a nice chance of calling it home for Cafe Evoke. My wife has been working hard on communicating with the project and has been on the phone with the person that is in charge of the entire thing. We normally have a hard time getting Realtors and developers in Bozeman to call us back but she not only got the person in charge to call her back directly, another person called her a few hours later just to follow up and to let her know that they are excited about giving us more information. I learned yesterday that we are going to have a meeting late next week or early the next to talk about the project and to learn more about what they have planned, who has expressed interested in opening their business there, and how it will all fit together to be the greatest center in Bozeman. I found out a few new things about the center that make me even more excited - the same people designing the Story Mill Center are the ones behind the popular Portland Pearl District. Jenni and I had a chance (while way to short of one) to spend some time in this area of Portland while hanging out with our friends from Bellissimo Coffee and we fell in love with it. The atmosphere, the businesses, the community, the design - it felt right. Since that time, we have both felt like a place similar would fit Cafe Evoke best. We even use that description to talk about Cafe Evoke to others and that is how we found out that the same people where helping with Store Mill in Bozeman. Another thing I like about this opportunity is that the group is getting interested businesses together to find out what their space needs are, who should be next to who and how it will all work together to make the Center a success. That is the best approach I have heard of since I got to Bozeman. There are still a few things up in the air. This project did get approval to change zoning and begin the process of getting actually plans approved. This will take some time but I am confident they will get what they need from the City of Bozeman. I will continue to update you on the happenings of this possible location for Cafe Evoke. Thanks to my wife for keeping at this! **More Information** 1. ..from NewWest Bozeman 2. ..from Greenbuildingsync.com 3. ..from AllBusiness.com ...be bold Tagged: cafe evoke, coffee catering, coffee, espresso, tea, bozeman, montana,story mill center The Global Exchange Fair Trade Store is your Online Source for Socially Conscious Gifts