From the desk of the owners

Good Wishes and Gratitude From Teri and Debbi:

As we enter into 2009, and WASH PERK closes in on its nine-month anniversary, we wanted to share a few thoughts with our loyal Wash Perk customers and friends. As many of you know, we didn’t plan a “coffee business,” we shared a dream of creating a livelihood in our neighborhood that felt good for the community and for us. Everything seemed to happen so clearly and naturally that seems like it was “meant to be.” We have had the support of loving friends, family, our generous landlord and lots of guidance from the great folks at Kaladi Brothers Coffee; we worked with wonderful contractors and built relationships with great local vendors. We have been amazed at the response of the neighborhood, and are so grateful for your support. These early months haven’t been without challenges, and we appreciate your patience as we strive every day to be our best. We have enjoyed a kind, competent and dedicated staff who have made all of this possible. We are excited to be approaching Wash Perk’s one-year anniversary, April 1, 2009, and look forward to continuing to make this a great neighborhood coffee shop. Thank you for your input and suggestions, and we welcome them always. Thank you for showing up with your smiles, your children, your fur babies, your friends and an intention to support our local business. Thank you for buying gift cards and referring friends to us. Thank you for all the kind words of encouragement on the days we’ve been tired. Thank you for sharing furniture and dishes and travel mugs. Thank you for fixing our door handle, for bringing us cookies, for bringing us stray dogs, for adding to our community board. Thank you for being such good neighbors. We promise to do the same.