Buy This Photo <\/p>\n
Photo by Beth Perdue\/SCBB Center Cafe owner, Carol Fisher, gets ready for the cafe's one-year birthday celebration. Designed with eco-friendly principles, the cafe has become a neighborhood favorite in New Bedford's South End. <\/p>\n
By Beth Perdue <\/p>\n
June 22, 2012 1:56 PM <\/p>\n
NEW BEDFORD A sustainably-focused eco-caf in the city's South End celebrated its first full year in business in mid-June, holding a neighborhood party on a tree-top patio above the caf. <\/p>\n
Owned and designed by Carol Fisher, the Center Caf is a small coffeehouse offering coffee, ice cream, breakfast and lunch items in a mixed residential and small business neighborhood close to New Bedford's beaches. <\/p>\n
Fisher is also the owner of Effortless Design, a Charlestown-based design\/build business that offers architectural, engineering, and construction management services. She tapped her design skills and interest in creating sustainable businesses when designing the New Bedford caf. <\/p>\n
\"A lot of (our sustainability work) comes from having a neighborhood focus, of having a place in the neighborhood, that people can walk to as an alternative to fast food,\" said Fisher. <\/p>\n
Many customers typically come from within a four-to-five-block radius of the caf, Fisher said, allowing them to walk there. Being in a city neighborhood helps her business flourish while the cafe's presence also benefits the neighborhood, by adding a desirable amenity. <\/p>\n
\"People are glad that there's a little neighborhood caf when they move in or when they're looking at buying,\" said Fisher. \"It really says something about the neighborhood.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Originally posted here:<\/p>\n
Eco-caf\u00e9 celebrates successful first year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buy This Photo Photo by Beth Perdue\/SCBB Center Cafe owner, Carol Fisher, gets ready for the cafe's one-year birthday celebration. Continue reading