Close To Home | OneTwoOne Café, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn | Episode 2
Know who you're serving.
For Emilienne Gray, succeeding in a neighborhood starts with understanding the people who live there.
In Episode 2 of Close to Home, Jason Manningham visits OneTwoOne Café in Bed-Stuy to meet Emilienne Gray and Eric Gray. Together, they’ve built a space around a broader idea than coffee: bringing together art, music, programming, and community around what people in the neighborhood actually want and need.
After a decade in Los Angeles, Emilienne and Eric returned to Bed-Stuy, a neighborhood they had once called home, and saw an opportunity to create something they felt was missing.
Close to Home is a series about local business, community, and the power of proximity.
Music: "Working on It" by Eric Gray, from the album Love is Here.
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