Rockland coffee roaster reaches $80K goal
Rock City Coffee Roasters, a mainstay of Rockland’s Main Street for the past 17 years, has achieved a fundraising goal that ensures it will stay in operation — quelling some neighborly complaints in the process.
The roasting company, whose beans are available at countless eateries and retail locations across the state, launched the fundraiser in December with the goal of raising $80,000 to purchase a new smoke-free roaster after years of receiving complaints about smells emanating from the current roaster.
Rock City’s fundraising efforts included a winter luau, customer donations and an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that raised over $22,000 and the business itself contributing a third of the needed funds, according to The Bangor Daily News.
The new 15-kilogram, closed-system air roaster is expected to arrive and be installed next month, according to Rock City Roaster owner Susanne Ward.
“There has been such an outpouring of support from the community,” Ward said Tuesday to the BDN.
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Rockland coffee roaster raising funds for new equipment to keep business open
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