Co-op Creamery Renovation
Renovation of the new Seward Co-op Creamery building at the corner of 26th Avenue and East Franklin is in high gear. Crews are adding a new elevator shaft on the east side of the building for the ADA accessible elevator. Staff have been busy relocating the Co-op’s administrative offices to the 2nd floor. The main floor will house the expanded meat and bakery production facilities, as well as a café along the Franklin Avenue side. The café, expected to serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and possibly beer and wine, is expected to open in late summer of 2015.
Mosaic Café Closes
The end of September brought the unfortunate news of the closing of the Mosaic Café, located near Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue. In the words of their September 29 Facebook post: “Mosaic Cafe is now closed. To all present and past employees, thank you for all of your help and hard work. To our beloved guests, thank you for helping make Mosaic a part of your lives. We love you all!” For many, the feeling is mutual.
King’s Coin Laundry Opens
The laundromat at the corner of 27th Ave and East Franklin is open for business! Sporting a bright blue façade, the King’s Coin Laundry is open from 7am to 11pm daily, 365 days a year. A convenient place to do your laundry while shopping for groceries or grabbing a bite to eat at one of the many neighboring businesses along the Avenue.
BareBones Halloween Show Hosts ‘Community Build’ Nights
In preparation for their annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza, BareBones Puppet Theatre has rented space in Seward and is hosting a series of ‘Community Build’ nights this month. The Halloween Extravaganza is a “community-created spectacle pageant of larger-than-life puppetry, drama, stilting, dance, fire, song, and music that honors the circle of life by celebrating its seasonal arc of death in the Fall.” The Community Build sessions are held at the old York Trading warehouse (next to the SPOKES Bike Walk Connect) at 22nd & Snelling Avenue. More information is at their website.
