Craig’s Coffee Selected as Top 10 Semifinalist for Hatch Detroit!
We made Hatch Top 10! Now we need your vote!
It’s with great honor that I’d like to announce that Craig’s Coffee has been selected among thousands of businesses as a Top 10 Finalist for Hatch Detroit! Hatch Detroit is a Detroit-based contest who awards a $100,000 grant to one small business in Detroit.
With the Top 10 finalists selected, voting now opens up to the public to choose the Top 4 contestants. And I need your vote!
Starting today, June 17th through next Friday, June 23rd, the public can vote once a day online for the top 4 businesses they want to receive the $100,000 prize.
Here is a link to the voting website
As a thank you to all folks who vote for Craig’s Coffee, I am raffling off a 1-year coffee subscription (2x a month frequency) to anyone who votes for Craig’s Coffee. Just take a screen shot or a photo of your vote and send it to drink@craigs.coffee, DM it to @craigs.coffee.company, or text it to (530) 386-3115.
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Each photo counts as an entry with the possibility of 7 entries (7 total votes over 7 days). Anyone who votes all 7 days will receive an additional 7 entries (14 total) for the 1-year coffee subscription raffle! Winner will be announced Monday, June 26th.
Please remember that you can only vote once a day. Any foul play will result in disqualification for Craig’s Coffee. It’s also unfair to the other competitors! 😤
There will also be in-person voting booths starting next week! Craig’s Coffee will be at these voting booths handing out coffee, cold brew, and stickers! Come catch me there!
June 21st at Eastern Market Shed 2 - 11 am to 1 pm (Complimentary hot/cold coffee and donuts for voters!)
June 22nd at Norma G’s - 530 pm to 730 pm (Complimentary Cold Brew for voters!)
June 23rd at Grandmont Rosedale Farmers Market - 430 pm to 630 pm (Complimentary affogatos for voters!)
Thank YOU for your support. If you’re reading this, you helped me get Craig’s Coffee where it is today. Now I need your support more than ever to help me win the $100,000. Go cast a vote for Craig’s Coffee!
A Message from Craig
The Journey to Hatch Detroit’s $100,000 grand prize
A few months ago, I submitted my application for the chance to win $100,000 to help with the build out of Craig’s Coffee- a Detroit based Coffee Roastery, a Commissary Coffee Roastery and Kitchen, and a Pop-up Cafe and Coffee Bar.
A few weeks ago, I found out that Craig’s Coffee was selected as 1 of 25 businesses to move to the next round. Contestants were asked to set up a display of their business and product at TechTown for a panel of judges to review and vote on. Last Friday, June 10th, I was informed that Craig’s Coffee was selected as 1 of 10 businesses to move forward to the semi-final round, where voting opens up to the public.
Starting today through next Thursday, June 23rd, folks are encouraged to vote online for their top 4 favorite businesses to receive the $100,000 grant. Voting is open up to any and everyone. Votes can only be cast one per day. On Friday, June 24rd, the Top 4 finalists will be announced and voting starts over. From Friday, June 24th through Thursday, June 30th, voters choose 1 of the 4 businesses for the $100k prize.
The Winner will be announced on July 21st.
I’ll have another blog post in a week or so outlining my journey applying for Hatch Detroit. It’s been an incredible experience - I’ve learned a ton along the way and met some truly amazing people. Thank you to everyone who has supported Craig’s Coffee over the years. If you know me, you know how passionate I am about this project; I want to create a shared space where folks have equal opportunities to start and run their food and coffee business. It’s been a vision of mine since for more than 12 years, when I first started roasting coffee. I’m so excited to get to share this experience with all of you, and I wouldn’t be here without you!
Thank you. Now go drink some Bean Juice!
-Craig