321 Coffee will employ about 15 cashiers and baristas with intellectual and developmental disabilities at its new downtown Raleigh location. 321 Coffee employees Paul DeRitis, Emma Wissink, Amanda Singer and Andy Zurita are some of the familiar faces you'll see at the 615 Hillsborough St. shop.
Read MoreIncoming students from rural North Carolina and other states arrived on campus early for an opportunity to explore campus and the Raleigh area. They also got a sneak peek at the new storefront location for 321 Coffee, created and operated by Lindsay Wrege, an alumna of what was then the University Honors and Scholars Program.
Read More321 Coffee, a shop that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is opening a new location at the intersection of Hillsborough Street and Glenwood Avenue. The business employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Cofounders Lindsay Wrege and Michael Evans, who graduated from N.C. State University last year, are on a mission to change the fact that 80 percent of adults with disabilities are unemployed. "The storefront stands for inclusion," said barista Emma Wissink. "It will bring together my friends and my community. It will create a platform for everyone to see us working and being an active part of Raleigh."
Read MoreYou already know and love the brand 321 Coffee, but did you know their Downtown Raleigh location opens this Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 9:30 a.m.? Go show them some love and grab your morning cup of joe from their beautiful new location.
Read MoreThe coffee shop that expanded Raleigh's coffee community is set to open its first brick-and-mortar store. 321 Coffee will open Saturday in downtown Raleigh, unveiling the glistening new cafe at 615 Hillsborough Street. The coffee brand debuted five years ago as little more than a stand at tailgates or a mobile operation brewing pots of coffee in local office buildings. Started by N.C. State University freshmen Lindsay Wrege and Michael Evans, 321 Coffee aims for an impact beyond a great cup of coffee, offering jobs to people with developmental disabilities.
Read More321 Coffee will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening of its second location on August 20 at 9:30 a.m. You can visit the “people-focused” coffee shop’s new location at Bloc[83], 615 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC, or in their current space, located in Pendo’s downtown Raleigh office. 321 Coffee also has plans to open a third location in Durham this fall.
Read MoreRalToday shared the news this week that an opening date has been set for the newest location of 321 Coffee (and first official storefront). Located at 615 Hillsborough St. in the Bloc[83] development, they will officially open on Saturday, Aug. 20. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 9:30 a.m. and then you will be able to experience the best customer service and hand-crafted beverages.
Read MoreOur Annual Women's Leadership Luncheon celebrates Women's Leadership across ATHENA communities. Rooted in the ATHENA Leadership Model, the luncheon event creates an opportunity to have experienced women leaders connect and mentor emerging women leaders through a forum that facilitates meaningful connections. Lindsay Wrege, Founder and CEO of 321 Coffee, is one of three finalists for the 2022 ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award.
Read MoreWhen Lindsay Wrege and Michael Evans met as undergraduate students at NC State in 2017, neither of them had a background in coffee. They didn’t even drink coffee. Determined to start a business focused on employing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, 321 Coffee was born, where they banded together with six volunteers and poured Starbucks coffee into cups ordered from Amazon. Five years later, 321 has 55 employees and is opening its first standalone storefront. Michael has become 321’s coffee connoisseur. And Lindsay still doesn’t drink coffee.
Read MoreA decision to change the materials for cabinets and countertops at her soon-to-open coffee shop in downtown Raleigh has Lindsay Wrege in a holding pattern. Wrege planned to open 321 Coffee at 615 Hillsborough St. in May, then July. However, supply-chain delays have pushed that date back. Wrege isn’t sure when the establishment will open.
Read MoreLindsay Wrege thought by now, the third location of 321 Coffee would be open and serving the community. Instead, construction crews are still working on the space. A few businesses are pushing back Grand Openings because of construction delays.
Read MoreIf you ask someone trying to open a new restaurant or shop when their grand opening will be, you'll most likely be met with exasperation. With supply chain issues and labor shortages, the truth is they'd probably just be guessing. "I'm trying to not tie myself to any firm timelines because I've done that too many times now and just gotten disappointed," Lindsay Wrege, founder of 321 Coffee, a coffee shop that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, told Axios.
Read MoreSheryl Sandderg's tour of the Triangle included a stop at Pendo on Thursday. Sandberg, who is stepping down as chief operating officer at Facebook parent Meta, took time to greet employees at the 321 Coffee shop in the new Pendo headquarters on Hillsborough Street. 321 Coffee helps those with intellectual and developmental disabilities find work.
Read MoreOutgoing Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg is in the Triangle. Meta, of course, is the parent company of Facebook. Today. Sandberg was part of a North Carolina Chamber event in Durham that discussed workplace diversity and shifts caused by the pandemic. 321 Coffee is a local company that employs adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 321 Coffee CEO Lindsay Wrege, who attended NC State, told WRAL how the shop grew during the economic downturn and used Facebook to increase its market share.
Read MoreAs its third Raleigh location gears up to open, 321 Coffee has unveiled plans for a fourth location set for downtown Durham. The coffee brand employs adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “Expanding to Durham … will grow our business and impact,” said Megan Czejkowski, a barista for 321 coffee. “We will create new jobs with it. People will see us. People will talk with us. This is what inclusion is all about.”
Read More321 Coffee, a popular Raleigh coffee shop that hires employees with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will open its first cafe in Durham later this summer, its co-founder and CEO, Lindsay Wrege, tells Axios. Founded by Wrege, 22, and Michael Evans, 23, when they were students at N.C. State University in 2019, 321 employs more than 30 people with disabilities. The Durham location will be the coffee shop's fourth and largest cafe.
Read MoreIn October 2020, Lindsay Wrege and 321 Coffee were featured on the Now of Work Podcast, and that episode was the most popular podcast of the year. In today’s Meetup, Leapgen hosts Jason Averbrook and Jess Von Bank go live to 321 Coffee’s latest location in the Pendo Tower of Raleigh - where Lindsay is joined by baristas Aaron, Emma, and Logan.
Read More321 Coffee is a coffee shop and roaster built on inclusion. Based in Raleigh, NC, 321 currently employs over 30 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). They are the ones roasting the coffee, taking the orders, and making the lattes.
Read MoreA coffee shop dedicated to employing people with disabilities celebrated its third anniversary on Sunday. 321 Coffee opened at the N.C. State Farmers Market in 2019. 321 Coffee just opened a new shop at Pendo's Raleigh headquarters just for employees. In a couple of months, a third location will be opening in downtown Raleigh at the intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Hillsborough Street.
Read More321 Coffee brews up more than a great cup of coffe. The quickly growing company opened its first location in the State Farmers Market and is entirely staffed by employees with developmental disabilities, built around the mission of coffee helping to create a more inclusive community.
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