Uncommon Grounds closing? Benefit Tuesday the 17th.
10/16/06 • Posted in: Downtown Jacksonville, Events, San Marco by Joey Marchy 6 Comments »
Owen Holmes will be hosting a benefit for Uncommon Grounds in San Marco. Here are the details:
Tuesday the 17th at TSI. Help out Uncommon Grounds, San Marco’s only family-owned coffee shop. They’ve been hit pretty hard by the construction at Hendricks and Atlantic. If they don’t raise a considerable sum of money by Friday (they’re making efforts too, of course), they’ll go under, and a unique local biz will be promptly replaced by another a. wal-greens, b. cash-a-check, or c. starbucks.
Owner and San Marco resident Diane Lee, who’s done everything short of selling her car to stay afloat, is confident that if she can make it over this hump, she’ll be set - the construction at that intersection will be done in December (supposedly), the weather will be getting cooler (rendering coffee more lucrative), and St. Joe will soon break ground on a six-story mixed-use development across the street from the shop.
Come hear good bands, drink good drinks and feel good about yourself. Feel free to donate that jug of change and lint sitting in your closet. (I hear NPR’s pledge drive is going just fine.)
Owen.
tags: jacksonville, san marco, uncommon grounds
Maybe Uncommon Grounds should consider locating on Bay Street, near TSI, Marks and the Dive Bar?
On a side note, I really hate St. Joe.
I kick a nasty caffine addiction, and coffee shops go out of business? Time to check out the tea selection.
Man, that is a bummer. I hope they can pull through! and hells yes to the St. Joe comment– anyone know how much money the doucherific ceo raised for W.? i am guessing its something like a few thousand for every acre they unecssarily develop.
the event went quite well - we raised $320. and diane, the owner of uncommon grounds, said she found someone who will match that, so that equals, uh, $640. yeah!
thanks to everyone who came out.
Uncommon grounds on Hendricks is too dark and dank . Didn’t seem like a clean place, to me.
Dirty furniture, ripped couch, pillow and blanket on one of the couches, music too loud.
No thanks. Too “laid back” for me.