Managed to make it over to the Port Credit Farmer's Market yesterday morning, where Destination Cafe has maintained a presence for the past five or six years. It was a lovely day out there yesterday; sunny and quite warm, compared to recent weather trends.Plying his trade serving up coffee to those buying it was Day Manager Rob D (that's him pictured on the right in the photograph). I spent an agreeable couple of hours chatting with him and Business Coordinator Linda D.
It was Linda who spent some time with me getting up to date on various initiatives taking place in Mississauga, among which were opening a satellite cafe at one of the buildings recently acquired by Supportive Housing in Peel, the organization that helps to look after people affected by mental illness. The coffee shop in question will be called the Village Cafe and is scheduled to be up and running by October.
It will be staffed by as many as three people involved in food preparation as well as up to four barista staff.
The various coffee shops are part of what is known as a "social purpose enterprise" or SPE for short. These initiatives are designed to help people in the community with one of various "invisible disabilities" experienced by some people. According to Linda, the organization is "well underway" with the new cafe's design, purchasing, recruitment and training.
There will be more about the Farmer's Market and the various SHIP initiatives in the near future.
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