The Awaken Cafe LLC is excited to announce our two newest members, Larry Biggie and Eric Berlow. They round out our team with years of experience in both business development and research. Both are profoundly committed to the redevelopment of Oakland into a world-class model city. They are both intelligent, creative, inspired, and a welcome addition to our team! We couldn't be happier to have them!

You can read more about them here and contact them here.

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Thomas Sepe (www.tomsepe.com) and Orion Fredericks are hard at work on the Awaken Cafe signs. There will be two signs, made up of patina'ed ("a complicated process involving heat and chemicals") letters set off against a polished stainless steel backing, all back lit with low voltage LED lighting.

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Just wanted to officially announce to the Awaken Cafe community that Shalene Rose and I were married on October 6, 2007! We had an all green wedding at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Redwood Grove and at the Midtown Ballroom above the Awaken Cafe!

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We are pleased to announce the newest Managing Partner of the Awaken Cafe!

Ann Dunlap, Co-Founder Cortt Dunlap's mother, attended our recent Investor Dinner, met our leadership team, toured the space, and was inspired by the mission, financial outlook, and vision of the Awaken Cafe. She's made a financial commitment to the success of the Awaken Cafe and joined the management team which is driving the Cafe forward! She brings a passion for design, visual arts, and extensive experience behind the scenes doing what it takes to bring a start-up venture into the world!

Send her an email and welcome her to the team!

(She's pictured here at the Cafe with her future daughter-in-law and Awaken Cafe's Commercial Realtor, Shalene Rose.)

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We're excited to announce the addition of our newest investor/partner Alexander Zendzian. Alexander is a professional performance artist. He brings to the Awaken Cafe passion, inspiration, and creative, outside-of-the-box thinking. We are happy to have him on the team, and believe his connection to the San Francisco Bay Area dance and performance community will be a valuable asset.

Read his bio here.

Send him an email and welcome him!

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We signed the lease today on the Golden Bull space! See our new location page on the website! (We’re pictured here signing the lease with John "Jesso" Smith, our landlord and owner of Jesso's Seafood in Oakland, CA.)

Thanks to your feedback, we've introduced a special offer to commemorate this occasion: a limited release of $250 and $500 cards! Tell your friends!

We're also pleased to announce that we've reached an agreement with Nick and Laura Neuhausel to become our first investors and partners in the Awaken Cafe!

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