A successful grand opening is making the owner of Deville Coffee feel hopeful and encouraged.

On Thursday (Oct. 14), Deville Coffee opened its doors to the downtown 琉璃神社 community for the first time. The space used to house a Starbucks Coffee branch in downtown 琉璃神社 but when it shuttered, the new caf茅 stepped in.

Jenna Kopperson is the caf茅鈥檚 owner and has said they couldn鈥檛 have wished for a better opening day.

鈥淚t was great and it was well-received. The community came out and supported us, and they lined up all day long,鈥� she said.

鈥淭hat was just fantastic and it was all around a successful day for us.鈥�

All of the day鈥檚 proceeds went towards 琉璃神社-based non-profit Mamas for Mamas, which helps new families who are facing poverty-related issues across Canada. Teas and coffees were by donation all day and Kopperson said they were able to raise $3,000 for Mamas. She said the non-profit was excited and grateful for the donation, as well as their community partnership with the caf茅 moving forward.

鈥淭his isn鈥檛 just an opening day partnership for us. Whenever we do charitable work, we will be partnering with them,鈥� according to Kopperson.

She said she is grateful for the community鈥檚 positive feedback since taking over the former Starbucks space, with residents showing their support by being repeat customers already.

Five days after opening, Kopperson is already giving back to the community by way of buying pastries and bread from local bakers.

鈥淭his community, everybody has shown up and supported us. It鈥檚 a really great city and everybody has just rallied behind us to help support us, and that鈥檚 been awesome,鈥� she said.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a little nerve-wracking when you taken on costs as a business owner鈥� I鈥檓 extremely hopeful that we鈥檙e going to be just fine based on the turnout we鈥檝e had so far, the positive feedback we鈥檝e been getting. I think it鈥檚 going to be great, and we鈥檙e here to stay.鈥�

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