Slow Train Cafe opening soon
The first retail shop in the East College Street development is about to open. Keep up with Slow Train Cafe on their facebook page for the latest updates. One of the perks of being landlords is that we’ve been fortunate enough to try the espresso and lattes. They’re already the best in Oberlin. In addition to coffee they are serving great food from various Northeast Ohio providers and serving wine, spirits and great Oberlin music.
Shop local and make Slow Train Cafe a part of your regular routine.
Our New Tenant: Credo
We are really pleased to announce Credo Chamber Music has purchased office space in the new East College Street retail, office and housing development. Credo’s new offices will be located next to the new Oberlin College Art Gallery and Studio Space and fronting onto the courtyard area. It is especially gratifying for us to be working with a non-profit organization that shares our values of commitment to community and is willing to invest in downtown Oberlin.
Credo has been serving the Oberlin community for the past seven years by performing chamber music concerts for underserved audiences and devoting hundreds of hours to hands-on community service projects. Started 11 years ago by Oberlin Conservatory’s String Department Chair Peter Slowik, Credo runs a 3-week festival dedicated to addressing young musicians in a complex manner, giving them a broader perspective on their musical gifts, engaging them with their communities, and adding a spiritual dimension to their experience. The structure and objectives of the festival are dictated by Credo’s mission statement: Develop the Gift, Acknowledge the Source, Respond with Service.
Credo attracts the highest caliber of students from across the country and around the world. While other festivals at this level try to draw audiences to a central focal point, Credo’s mission is to take music of a high quality into communities who do not have easy access to the arts—audiences in prisons, nursing homes, low-income housing projects, youth centers etc. In addition to these outreach concerts, students volunteer at local non-profits to complete variety of tasks- anything from organzing a food bank to cleaning up a public park. Last year over 650 volunteer hours were donated to nonprofits and 20 agencies were served with music and labor, reaching over 4,000 people.
We can’t wait for Credo to move into their new permanent home and have concerts in our courtyard.