Five years after its founding, local nonprofit Recovery Café Longmont is ready to continue its life-changing work in a bigger and better space. Recovery Café Longmont provides services for people working through traumatic experiences, drug and alcohol abuse. Since its founding in 2019, the nonprofit has operated out of the basement of Central Presbyterian Church at 402 Kimbark St.
Now, Recovery Café Longmont has secured a new home at 801 Main St., a space that will be dedicated solely to the nonprofit. The building was formerly the site of HOPE’s Storehouse, a thrift store that raised money for humanitarian aid.
“They were a fantastic partner in all of this,” said Jen Jepsen, executive director of Recovery Café Longmont. “It felt like a really nice handoff.” Recovery Café Longmont bought the building on June 24 for $1.
1 million. Jepsen said the nonprofit received a sizable grant from the city to fund most of the purchase. The Recovery Café Longmont team is still in the earliest stages of developing the new space to fit the nonprofit’s needs.
Staff have started working with architects to redesign the building, and the first neighborhood meeting will be held later this month. “We’ve talked to some of the key neighbors, and they’re pretty excited for us to come in,” said Virginia Choung, director of philanthropy for the café. As HOPE’s Storehouse only moved its items out of the building a couple of weeks ago, remnants of the thrift store are s.