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Feb 2, 2017
"I wanted to think about bars differently and redefine what can be served at a bar. The idea was to have multiple bars that served books, vegan foods and even causes. It was all about serving things that were feeding your soul in different ways. " --John Chambers
Bloombars: A Conversation with John Chambers
"I think I was the only person of color in my entire school who wasn't placed in Special Ed. There was definitely an expectation of failure. So I left my senior year to attend Solebury School in New Hope, PA. This one-year experience really changed the way I thought, and it also forced me into leadership positions. I kind of reinvented, or discovered, myself -- probably both, to be honest. How fast a person can change in a nurturing environment was another lesson." John Chambers is the inspired, and inspiring, founder of Bloombars, a creative, positive alternative to the ordinary booze-bar. Read more
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