<div>My name is Jordan Smith, and I'm the owner of Small Comforts Kitchen, a gluten-free bakery in Knoxville, TN. We opened our brick &amp; mortar location in May of 2025 but have faced significant setbacks due to construction and access issues on our property. I'm asking for community support to help us stabilize the business during this season of setbacks.
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<div>I opened SCK in 2022 because I have celiac disease, and I wanted to share my seasonally inspired, gluten-free baking with our community. What started as a home business grew into a farmers' market pop-up &amp; coffee shop supplier. I opened our brick &amp; mortar location in May 2025, only to have to close it this January.
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<div>We've had issues with our location's access &amp; visibility from the beginning, but in October, construction began on the courtyard outside our main entrance. The impact to our foot traffic and access caused a huge sales drop during the holiday season. I was told construction would be finished in mid-February, so at the end 2025 I decided to temporarily close the storefront, stopping the major losses, but keep the space as a bakery &amp; focus on the parts of the business that were steady in the meantime: farmers’ markets, pop-ups, &amp; wholesale.
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<div>It's June now. Construction still isn’t finished. I'm stuck.
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<div>Back in the winter, I was scrambling to make up for the losses we were experiencing, and I took on high-interest debt. I didn’t want to lay off staff at Christmas, and I believed, based on the timeline I was given, that we could recover quickly. But now, with that emergency debt still hanging over us, I'm paying storefront overhead and storefront debt WITHOUT the benefit of a viable storefront.
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<div>The good news is: our current market, pop-up, &amp; wholesale model is working. Without the debt, we’d actually be financially healthy. We could keep baking, showing up, supplying our coffee shops, and eventually reopen the storefront from a steadier place.
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<div>But with the debt as it is, practically all my revenue is going to repayment. The business can't breathe &amp; I'm running out of options. So, I'm launching a GoFundMe to help us get through this season.
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<div>If you can't give, sharing means just as much. I know so many are in need right now and I'm grateful you're here, still reading. Feeding this community is my favorite thing. Thank you so much.
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