You never know what life is going to toss your way. You can work hard, build a great business that genuinely helps people and the planet and in one instant that can all get blown away.
Early Wednesday morning a leaking gas line caused a blast that destroyed three businesses in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. Those businesses are all struggling to rebuild. You can read about them here:
http://www.seattlemag.com/article/businesses-offer-helping-hand-wake-greenwood-explosion
Also seriously damaged in the blast was G&O Family Cyclery, a wonderful shop owned and run by friends of mine. You can read more about the shop and how they are coping here:
http://www.bicycleretailer.com/retail-news/2016/03/09/seattle-shop-damaged-early-morning-blast#.VuIj8qGVtBy
Davey, Tyler, Donald and Karl are fine, resourceful folk and they'll rebuild, but now is a time when they can use some help. I pitched in a little bit (I wish I could do more but almost all of us in the bike business aren't here to get rich) and now I'm asking anybody reading this who cares about bikes and decent people going through a tough time to at least consider donating a bit to help in the rebuilding effort.
You can donate to help G&O Family Cyclery here:
https://www.gofundme.com/n7tmv4xg
If you'd like to help the employees of Neptune Coffee, Mr. Gyros, and the Greenwood Quick Stop you can donate here:
https://www.gofundme.com/jan2m3fg
Thank you.
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