Para: March 2008 -Til- March 2010
Para began in one conversation:
about how to participate in the community and create a space for people to sit, relax, read and converse - and of course - to provide delicious, hand-crafted beverages.
Eric and Lora Kelley signed the lease for Para in March 2008. The name did not yet exist.

Para, when it wasn't...
Renovations began in June 2008 - and Eric and his friends gutted the entire building.

Putting up a support beam.

From the Front.
In August, we began to paint the exterior…

Hoping to open in August...

Painting Trim and Staining Deck.

Interior Aug '08.

Interior Painting Begins - Aug 26, 2008

Matt Thomas Design - Exterior Para Aug 08.

Matt Thomas Design - Para Exterior Aug 08