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522 Gourmet Coffee Inc. European Coffee Roastery 976 Waternish Road, Aspen, Nova Scotia, Canada Martina Robinson, REALTOR速
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First Impressions Wide-open spaces under the clear blue Nova Scotian sky- this incredible 19acre property offers the freedom to move and grow. The view from your window is breathtaking – a vista of evergreens, perched on rolling hills, is the backdrop for a wide span of rich, fertile farmland. Grab a fishing rod and spend some quality time on your 700 ft. of river frontage along the bountiful St. Mary’s river. Relax on lazy summer afternoons by your own outdoor pool or putter in your butterfly garden, blooming with plants grown in your on-site greenhouse. Wintertime, you’ll stay cozy and warm, with your ETS money-saving heating system, and what a wonderful way to relax in your comfortable two-way sauna with both traditional and steam options. Enjoy a favourite hobby and tinker to your heart’s content in your own private workshop. The rich, delectable scent of freshly roasted coffee drifts from the adjoining roastery, making this idyllic scene all the more “delicious”.
Description of Property This picture perfect home located in Aspen, near the bustling town of Sherbrooke, has been meticulously maintained both inside and out. Step through the front doors and you’ll enjoy a bright, modern living room with gleaming hardwood floors. This special 2800 square foot home offers plenty of room to enjoy life, and your commute to work? Well, let’s just say your coffee won’t get cold before you make the few steps it takes to get there; your modern roastery is right next door! The main floor of this solidly built home features a spacious bedroom; a bathroom, a second bedroom, an office and a kitchen with an adjoining dining area where family and friends can gather to enjoy delicious home cooked meals. On the lower level, you’ll feel as if you’re on vacation. The rustic ambience of the
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welcoming family room with its pinewood panelled walls; wood floor and wood ceiling make it feel like a cozy cabin. This is the perfect place to wrap yourself in a blanket and watch a family movie or to curl up and relax with your favourite book. There’s also plenty of space to spread out and enjoy your favourite crafts and hobbies. The bonus? After a day spent enjoying your spectacular home and garden; of planting vegetables or fruit trees in the fertile soil or roasting your company’s coffee beans, you can relax in the privacy of your own two-way sauna. What a luxury to be able to rejuvenate with a sauna that offers the choice of dry heat or steam. In the winter months, a quick dash outside and a roll in the snow is always an option, especially if you are from European descent! In the summer months, you can take a break from puttering in your greenhouse to lounge by the refreshing outdoor pool, breathing in the magnificent sweeping vistas of the surrounding hills. The garden is full of colourful perennials and tall grasses that seem to grow more beautiful every year, backed by the brilliant green of a thriving pine forest.
Own a Successful Coffee Business too! The cheerful European-style roastery building is located right beside the house on this exceptional property. Inside, you’ll find quality equipment that helps keep the 522 Gourmet Coffee business prospering. Known throughout the Maritimes, for its high grade European Style Gourmet Coffee, 522 uses only organic, pesticidefree, herbicide-free, Fair-Trade coffee beans. Organic coffee is better for the body than regular coffee as it contains more antioxidants. Fair Trade means that workers who have harvested the crops have been paid a fair wage for their work and that positive energy definitely finds its way right into every
delicious cup. Creating a great product that is good for people and the environment is something to be proud of. The bonus? You can have a thriving business doing what you love and making people happy! The “secret” of 522 coffees involves a slow roasting at a low temperature to give depth to the flavour. The near-new Garanti coffeeroasting machine is the centrepiece of the business. A true workhorse, the Garanti is known for reliability and for roasting to perfection. European flavour is the specialty with 522’s aromatic blends: Vienna (medium roast), Berlin (medium roast), Espresso Roma (medium roast) and Paris (dark roast) but there’s plenty of room to expand the line.
could also include setting up a central distribution branch to allow more products to be delivered in a cost efficient manner. 522 coffees are also available to purchase on the Internet and there is huge potential to develop that area of business with more advertising and cross-site promotions. Visit www.522gourmetcoffee.com and you’ll see why this venture is so exciting! If you’re wondering why the name of the company is 522…that’s the telephone dial code for the area of Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, a wonderful place to call home!
Marketing Potential Galore! 522 Gourmet Coffee Inc. is currently a profitable business with loyal clientele and an excellent reputation for quality and customer service. 522’s special European blends are sold in Soby’s food stores throughout Nova Scotia and in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. It is also sold to private coffee shops. Currently the owners deliver the coffee personally. Future plans
The Best in Small Town Living Lifestyle One can have very balanced full lives here – and be just as busy as living in the city. Whether it is arts and crafts groups, a fundraiser, bingo, fishing, hiking, golfing, or dinner parties, living in Aspen offers the best in small town living. Part of the reason for this is that it is just 20 minutes from the town of Sherbrooke. Although there may be only 400 people living in the town of Sherbrooke, what they lack in numbers, they make up for in spirit. Take their annual Old Fashioned Christmas – a more magical place in Nova Scotia for the season would be hard to find. Windows are aglow with lanterns, people stroll the streets in costumes from days gone by, carollers tour the Old Village, people gather for community breakfasts, and horse drawn sleighs add that extra special old-world romance to complete this town’s seasonal gift of sheet delight. Sherbrooke has all the basic stores and services that you need for daily living; it has a bank, library, grocery store, post office, drug store, liquor store RCMP detachment, library, garage, two gas stations, a convenience store, three restaurants, and several smokehouses (Fish are plentiful in St. Mary’s River, famous for its run of wild Atlantic salmon and Sherbrooke smokehouses offer a wonderful way to serve a prize catch). There are several, friendly family doctors nearby along with a small hospital right in town, (Sherbrooke) so you can rest assured that you can have all that you need within 20 minutes of Aspen.
Citizens of the region have a culture of conservation; something that has helped protect the Wild Atlantic Salmon for generations and now is helping to protect and sustain a once-endangered animal that is unique to the St. Mary’s River area – the Wood Turtle! They realize that their region has a rich endowment of natural beauty, which they aim to protect as much as enjoy.
Recreation The St. Mary’s River runs through the town and offers some of the best fly fishing, kayaking, and canoeing in Nova Scotia. There have been over 104 species of birds sighted in the region. Maybe you will find some of these birds along the 20 kilometres Liscomb River Trail System. There are hikes from 1 kilometre to 9.5 kilometers that feature rushing waterfalls, a swinging bridge and a fish ladder. But, if golf is more your game, you will be thrilled to know that there are a number of beautiful golf courses within an hour’s drive of Aspen. There are also lots of shows, festivals and contests as well; one of note, is the annual Show & Shine Vintage Car Show that attracts enthusiasts from both across Canada as well as the US and the other is the annual Chowder Contest to see who makes the best chowder in the region – you just can’t get more small town Maritimes than that!
Education There are local options for grade school education in Sherbrooke with Primary to Grade 7’s St. Mary’s Education Centre, and Grades 8-12 at St. Mary’s Academy. Saint Francis Xavier University, located in the town of Antigonish (pop. 18, 836 ca) one of the top undergraduate universities in Canada, is only a half hour drive from the property. There is a state of the art Nautical Institute, and community college which is a 1.5 hour drive from the property in Port Hawkesbury. NSCC offers fulltime and industry-based programs that support core local industries such as shipping, and the oil and gas business.
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Business in Guysborough County The pace of life is easy; the people are friendly, family values seem to be alive and well and crime is all but non-existent. There is a popular song in Nova Scotia that is called I Wish I Were in Sherbrooke Now – far beyond the specifics of the lyrics is the longing for the idyllic lifestyle that this quaint historic town has to offer. Sherbrooke is the closest service centre to the property, but still does not offer a lot in way of big business; yet, the community keeps finding ways to bring people to the town. Whether it is organizing fishing tours, holding music concerts, vintage car shows, giving woodworking, cooking, quilting, fiddling, or spinning (wool) classes, residents capitalize on who they are and what they can offer rather than what they can’t. They promote the natural beauty of the county, and all the associated outdoor activities which has helped to increase the number of visitors to the region. To be an entrepreneur requires this type of initiative; so, rest assured, if you have an idea for a business that can contribute to the local economy, chances are you will find yourself well-embraced by the community. 522 Gourmet Coffee Inc. is a name known throughout Nova Scotia. Why the name 522? Well, that’s the phone code for the Aspen/Sherbrooke area, a place your can be proud to call home. Known for its famous European style organic fairtrade coffee, the popular home roasted coffee beans are sold in leading grocery stores such as Sobeys and in grocery stores in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Specialty stores and coffee shops throughout the province are also proud to sell and/or serve 522 blends. The coffee is also available online at www.522gourmetcoffee.com. The survival of the region depends on people having jobs in order to keep the local economy strong; and, to this end, there is prosperity on the horizon. The private sector is investing heavily into the Guysborough County region. Goldboro, a town just 50 minutes from the property, is the site of a new Liquid Natural Gas terminal which is expected to be completed by 2012. The total number of people expected to be employed in the constructing of the terminal is 3000 which will infuse the local economy with money, while increasing demand for property and services.
• The community’s collaborative approach to living and business creates an economic climate ripe for crossmarketing
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• Guysborough County’s population and its business activities are expected to grow in tandem with the construction of the new LNG plant. • Full digital telecommunications network with high speed internet access • Hard-working, dependable labour force highly skilled in trades and primary industry • Fishing and forestry remain important industries in the region, while schools and hospitals are other major employers. So, why do you need to know about an oil and gas plant or about doing business? Well, if the local economy is strong, the area will continue to expand the variety of services and shops it has to cater to a more fully employed population. The same goes for tourism – as long as the region continues to attract visitors, there will be events to please them, which, in turn, add to the quality of life for the area’s residents.
Advantages of 976 Waternish Road, Aspen • Beautiful home on an expansive and picturesque lot • Prosperous coffee roasting business on the property • Potential to expand the business by developing a central distribution site • Potential to expand the coffee business via the Internet • Close proximity to major tourist areas • Potential for a hobby farm with the ability to grow fruit and vegetables in the fertile soil with the help of the greenhouse on site
An Invitation to Purchase A Lifestyle Business and Home 37536059
522 Gourmet Coffee Inc. European Coffee Roastery 976 Waternish Road, Aspen, Nova Scotia, Canada Martina Robinson, REALTOR®
Licensed Industry Member in Nova Scotia Robinson & Harmsen Lifestyle Real Estate Inc. In Halifax: Telephone: (001) 902.889.3249 Mobile: (001) 902.476.4710 In Hamburg: Telefon: (011) 49.40.2548.3675 Mobil: (011) 49.171.233.4741
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