Colorado Springs coffee shop hosts group for deaf and hard-of-hearing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A Pikes Peak coffee shop is going above and beyond for a community that says, it often feels left out.
Caffeinated Cow, located on South 8th Street, is all about inclusion. That means the deaf and hard-of-hearing community too which has become a big part of the Caffeinated Cow business, and family. It s all about community, period, Caffeinated Cow owner Jake Norment says of the driving force behind his business.
So when longtime customer Julie Riddle asked if she and those in the deaf community, like herself, could use the coffee shop as a place to gather, Jake immediately said yes. Thus the group, American Sign Language (ASL) Cows, was formed.
The Caffeinated Cow is quickly becoming a multigenerational family business.
Jake Norment, owner of the coffee and ice cream joint, believes one of his five children will take over the family enterprise, following in his and his wife Harmonyâs footsteps.Â
âWe have five kids total and three of them are currently in college,â he said. âI believe the one that would follow in our footsteps is our youngest. The little one is like our twin; anything that we do, he wants to do. For instance, we just came back from Florida and when we were going to and from, our son was telling everybody about our shop. Heâs only 4. It was adorable and great publicity.âÂ