Michelle and Ben Davidson
Michelle is 24 years old and recently graduated with her BScN from University of Windsor. She has six years experience (five pretty lame, one really awesome) in the coffee shop business. When she’s not taking care of the sick (she’s a nurse), cooking or making things awesome her main responsibilities at Green Been will be: restaurant management, scheduling, training, and barista extraordinaire.
Ben is 28 years old and graduated with his BTh from Masters College and Seminary a few years ago. For the past three years, he has worked as a Pastor in Windsor. As a student, he worked two years in the restaurant business. When he is not Pastoring, running, or cycling his main responsibilities at Green Bean are: marketing, online presence, business planning, financial operations and being a willing-to-learn barista.
Why start a coffee shop?
Good question. We think the best answer for that question is that we want to make a living doing something that we think will make the community surrounding the University of Windsor a better place. We hope that’s not too lofty of a goal for a couple of kids who love fair trade, organic and local produce to pursue because that’s the kind of café we want to build.
We love the idea of students having a comfortable, affordable place to study, surf the web, hang with friends and occasionally listen to some great live music. We think local artists could use some more places to showcase their art. Simply put, we want Green Bean to be the kind of place that we wish we had when we were in school and the kind of place that anyone can come, grab something to drink and relax.
