Hi Everyone. As many of you are now aware there was a fire in our building on Saturday, May 4th that gutted the top floor apartment above Radio Bean. Luckily everyone escaped and no one was injured. The resulting impact on us was heavy water and smoke damage, the hood system and venting were damaged/destroyed, computers, routers and music equipment got soaked... the full extent of which I'm still assessing and won't know fully until power is restored. Obviously we were forced to close on Saturday, but hopefully we'll be able to reopen at least Light Club Lamp Shop (which was relatively unscathed) this week.

Radio Bean is a day to day operation and the sales from each weekend get deposited immediately to make the business operate. There will certainly be an insurance claim which will take time, however the loss of income and employees wages are going to be difficult to recover from in the immediate future until everything gets sorted out.

I'm not asking for anyone to give anything that's a stretch for themselves, we'll hopefully keep figuring it out somehow like we always have. If you have the means (or can pass this on to those who do) and are able to support us getting through this immediate situation it would be greatly appreciated.

Lots of folks have reached out about helping with clean up, I'll be organizing a volunteer day this week. Reach out if you're interested.

Also, my neighbor whose apartment and life went up in flames will likely be needing assistance. I'll update and share her information once she's ready.

Thank you.

Lee