City of Cocoa, Florida Business Spotlight of the Quarter, 3 Jan 2023

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From YouTube: Essence of Knowledge - Cocoa Business Spotlight Q1 2023

Description

Essence of Knowledge is a local urban bookstore located along SR520 in Cocoa. They specialize in a large selection of urban books, art, masks, jewelry, and clothing.

A

It all started off a young lady that bought me a book. I read all books, but this author really caught my eye and her name was Tracy. Her name is Tracy, Brown went to Books-A-Million or was Barnes and Noble asked for where's the section of your African authors. They showed me where it was at and it was a section the same size of this, but it was only three shelves. I was Furious. When I came home, they didn't have enough books and a store that size of authors that write great books.

B

They they just don't have a voice and that's that's. What we wanted to do was to bring.

A

The voice, you know, yeah.

B

Bring bring it to the community essence of knowledge. You know our our purpose is to Enlighten. This is a bookstore. We call it a urban bookstore, independent bookstore. We've we've grown a lot since we've opened up the store. We started off with just books as we go along with just looking at expanding. You know more and more, you know just to give the customers a little more choice and things that they won't find.

B

Anyplace else working with Coco was was probably the easiest thing that we've done as far as opening up the store I mean the people in the in the office. There I mean they were helpful. They were great, they were helpful. That's.

A

What I liked about cocoa it was face to face they didn't just brush us off gave us a book, told us to look at the book. We need to figure it out for yourself. No, they walked us through every step. It.

B

Was it was just too easy to set up I think the hardest thing was was when our inventory came in was putting all these books on the Shelf.

A

This is if anybody want to open up a business, especially with us and essence of knowledge. This is the place to come to. Coco is the place I.

B

Don't think that we would consider any any place else besides cocoa I mean this is. This is where we wanted to be.

A

It was where we're going to stay. It's just it's perfect. This is a.