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Thursday, February 22, 2018
Vol. 105, No. 069 • One Section
Pura Bean Coffee Co. expanding into Riverside
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David Szymanski is the University of Cincinnati professor and business dean selected to replace John Delaney as president of the University of North Florida.
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David Szymanski, selected as university’s next president, sees “endless opportunities.” By Karen Brune Mathis Editor
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Pura Bean Coffee Co. plans to open its second store this summer at 915 King St. in Riverside.
The Jacksonville coffee roaster who started at One Spark and RAM plans to open his second store by July. By David Cawton Staff Writer A local coffee roaster is expanding into the Riverside neighborhood, two years after opening a shop near the Beaches. Chris Diedrich, president of Pura Bean Holdings Inc., said his second Pura Bean Coffee Co. shop will open at 915 King St. in the former Yummy Crepes space. His first location, at 14286 Beach Blvd. at San Pablo Road, opened in July 2016. It’s in the same shopping center as The Church of Eleven22, of which he is a member. “We want to try to get this one open right around our two-year anniversary,” said Diedrich, who estimates the build-out will take until July. He said there are no major
structural challenges, “just a lot of cosmetic stuff to deal with.” Diedrich said he signed a Diedrich five-year lease for the space, owned by C by L Properties LLC. He said both stores are managed by Rettner Management. “We have a good relationship with them, and they mentioned they had the space available,” Diedrich said. “I went and looked and it felt right, the layout was perfect,” he said of the 900-square-foot space. Demolition should begin this week and changes will cost at Pura Bean
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The day after being notified he was chosen as the University of North Florida’s next president, educator David Szymanski said he was making plans. “I told people it’s the next breakout university in terms of excellence and making a difference for people,” said the University of Cincinnati professor and business dean tapped to replace John Delaney. Szymanski said Wednesday he sees opportunities to partner with city and community leaders, much as he said he did in Cincinnati. “It was about connecting with community leaders,” he said, including industry and nonprofit executives, to determine how UNF can best serve its students and the area. He also sees “endless opportunities” for what the university can become. He wants “to make it uniquely UNF, do what makes sense for us and do what makes sense for the city.” In a brief phone interview, Szymanski said he sees opportunities for the “classroom of the future” through “transformational learnSzymanski
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Pura Bean Coffee Co. became a regular vendor at the Riverside Arts Market in 2014. "It was my incubator," says Chris Diedrich, president of Pura Bean.
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