Good news! We passed our final building inspection yesterday. Just a few more hoops before we can open to the public.

OPEN HOUSE FOR ALL KICKSTARTER BACKERS!

Farmhouse Founders Open House: Swing by to get a first look at the new space and taste a few items from the menu. We'll be there to show you around!

Saturday, September 8th, 3-8pm
1781 Florida Avenue Northwest Washington, DC
(corner of California St., under MINT gym)

OPENING NIGHT PARTY! ($25 backers and above)

Saturday, September 8th, 8-11pm Opening Night party at the Blaguard: Join us upstairs to toast to a successful opening. The first round or two is on us!
2003 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20009

YOUR VOTE COUNTS!

A huge thank you to all who have been voting for us to win the AMEX Big Break for Small Business competition. Remember you can vote every day this week. It's incredible to be named as one of 10 finalists out of 12,000 small business, and we're so close to reaching our goal. Let's do this! VOTE HERE every day through Friday, August 31st.

OPEN HOUSE(S) FOR ALL KICKSTARTER BACKERS!

Barn siding is up, paint is drying, and coffee equipement is installed. We're in the final push over the next few days and can't wait to give you an early look this Saturday. 

Farmhouse Founders Open Houses: Swing by to get a first look at the new space and taste a few items from the menu. We'll be there to show you around!

Saturday, September 1st, 3-8pm
& Saturday, September 8th, 3-8pm
1781 Florida Avenue Northwest Washington, DC
(corner of California St., under MINT gym)

OPENING NIGHT PARTY! ($25 backers and above)

Saturday, September 8th, 8-11pm Opening Night party at the Blaguard: Join us upstairs to toast to a successful opening. The first round or two is on us!
2003 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20009

See you soon!
The Pleasant Pops Team

BIG BREAK

Pleasant Pops has been named as a finalist in the American Express Big Break for Small Business competition. We were selected as one of the 10 finalists from over 12,000 applications. Now, we need your votes to finish on top!

You can vote here once per day through August 31st: http://ow.ly/cSMpl

We made an email reminder so that if you click below you can subscribe to get an email reminder every day for the next 11 days to remind you to vote since you can vote once daily. We know that hundreds of thousands of people will see this contest and vote once but we;re betting that Pleasant Pops will prevail because people like you will vote 11 days in a row (now through August 31).

Sign up for a daily reminder here:
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CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Countertops, lights and tile are in! We're six to seven days away from our final building inspection. It'll be a big week!

OPENING WEEKEND UPDATE

We're targeting a soft opening for the Farmhouse Founders over Labor Day weekend. Mark you calendars for Saturday, September 1st to get an early preview of the store. More details to follow later this week.

Dear Founders -

We're moving forward on store construction and wanted to share a quick update from the field. Last Friday we picked up our official/signed/sealed permit from DCRA. It took some time but now we're ready to go forth and build!

The plumbers, HVAC technicians, and electricians completed their initial work for wall inspections and the framers worked their magic to create the new cafe area.

Also, Benjamin Moore (tm) looks pretty sharp in Rustic Taupe, don't you think?

Lastly, we received the finished table and countertops from the team at Van Jester Woodworks in Richmond, VA. See before... and after.

If you're in the neighborhood, feel free to stop by and see the progress first hand. We'll keep you posted!

Dear Founders - 

Hello! We hope summer is treating you well. It's been a while since we reached out and it's time to share some news from the homefront... no, storefront! With construction underway, we'll have more photos and news to share throughout July. In the meantime, don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions about your rewards or if you want to come by and see the progress firsthand.

We couldn't be prouder of what we're working on. Thank you for being a founder!

Brian & Roger

Rewards

If you filled out our Kickstarter survey, you should be receiving your mailing soon!). If you haven’t filled it out, please do so- posters, bumper stickers, and other goodies await you!

Plans & Permits

We've been tracking the status of our building permit daily for the past month and a half. Yes, nearly 48 days since we submitted our plans to the city! The good news is that we're almost there! Thank you to everyone who voiced their support to D.C. government and sent us positive thoughts. Here's the latest report.

Construction

While waiting on our permit from the city, we've made incremental progress on getting the store prepped for heavy construction. Here are a few photos from demolition and floor re-finishing. 

OUT WITH THE OLD FLOOR... (that was fun!)

POLISHING THE NEW FLOOR... (the hard part!)

Local Vendors & Suppliers

Lastly, we wanted to highlight a few local businesses we're partnering with to make the project happen.

Green Touch Builders - Sterling, VA -- Graham Morris and team are leading the construction project.

Old Barn Reclaimed Wood -- Richmond, VA -- Sam Sikes sourced reclaimed barn wood for the store. Here's a preview.

Van Jester Woodworks -- Richmond, VA -- Zachary Jester is creating tabletops and counters using reclaimed (and Kickstarter donated!) 120 year old heart pine joists from a Columbia Heights (DC) row house. We’ll keep you updated on the finished product!

Fire Studio -- Washington, DC -- Kickstarter posters by Anthony Dihle