Hope Heals, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization focused on accessibility awareness, just opened Mend Coffee and Goods, a coffee shop, retail concept and community hub that will offer dignifying employment to adults of all abilities. The beautiful accessibility-first spaces are thoughtfully appointed so that employees and customers of all abilities can gather, work, and celebrate with ease.
After a devastating stroke nearly took the life of Mend Coffee and Goods co-founder Katherine Wolf 15 years ago, she and her husband Jay have experienced the innumerable ways that the world is not made for people with disabilities. People with disabilities constitute the largest minority group in the United States. One in seven people worldwide experiences disabilities. Despite this, accessibility is largely an afterthought in public spaces. That’s why Katherine and Jay decided to create a space that is designed with the disabilities community at the heart of it all.
Mend hand picks partner vendors who share their company values and reflect those in fair labor practices, ethical wages and/or represent marginalized communities to create a curated collection of mission-driven keepsakes.
This is a space where everyone has a seat at the table because the Wolfs believe that true hospitality is accessibility. Having a place to belong heals us where we need it most.
3655 Roswell Road NE
