Esteamed Coffee Inc
Different Abilities + Equal Opportunity = Blended Community
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Workforce Development Program
Esteamed Coffee is a coffee shop and cafe which employs 15 individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, vision impairments and communication deficits in downtown Cary, NC. Opened in December, 2020, Esteamed Coffee's mission is to lower the 70+% unemployment rate for adults in our community with disabilities in a warm and supportive environment.
Esteamed Coffee is the dream of Angie Hudson and Tamara Lapsley, long time friends. Angie has been legally blind for over 30 years, and understands personally about living with a disability and employment challenges. Tamara is a Speech Language Pathologist who has a heart for people with communication deficits and other disabilities. After forming a non profit charity in 2018, Angie and Tamara formed the Board of Directors, raised funds, renovated a 1940 cottage into a coffee shop, hired 18 employees with disabilities, and developed a customized paid training program for their staff. The coffee shop opened on December 17, 2020.
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Esteamed Coffee Inc
Board of directorsas of 03/09/2022
Tamara Lapsley
Esteamed Coffee, Inc.
Term: 2018 - 2021
Kirby Barbour
Parker Lord Corporation
Maura Silverman
Triangle Aphasia Project, Unlimited
Christy Teague
Esteamed Coffee, Inc.
Tamara Lapsley
Esteamed Coffee, Inc.