Javaroma is using $86,000 in federal funding to help open a location in the YK Centre Mall, making it the businessSA国际影视传媒檚 fourth outlet in the city.

Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal delivered the news at Javaroma on Franklin Avenue on Monday.

Rami Kassem, the owner of the coffee shops, was pleased to have his operation selected for the federal funding.

SA国际影视传媒淭he funding from CanNor (the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency) makes life way more easy to go through this exciting step of opening our fourth location. Everything is getting expensive here in Yellowknife and everywhere in Canada,SA国际影视传媒� said Kassem.

He said he would use the funds to purchase appliances such as refrigerators and other such equipment. He also stated that the cost to pay down large appliances and espresso machines is substantial.

The investment from CanNor covers about half of the cost to open a new location, according to Kassem.

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The new location is expected to open in January or February 2023 in the basement of the YK Centre, where Gourmet Cup used to be. Kassem said it wonSA国际影视传媒檛 be difficult to fill the four new full-time positions created by the new coffee shop. If the business is unable to find local workers, its had past success hiring foreign nationals that want these types of jobs to practice speaking English.

Vandal explained why Javaroma was selected to be funded instead of any other small business.

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Kassem said he he learned about the CanNor fund from a customer, and that this was his first time applying for financial assistance from the federal government.

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He expressed his gratitude toward residents and the government.

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