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Sacred Grounds needs a prayer,
It's My Pleasure struggles
with not so pleasurable times
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hough It’s My
Pleasure is los
ing a tenant, Sacred
Grounds manager
Becky Bilyeu is not
going to be jobless
for long. By the time you read this, she will have
opened her new business, Touchstone Coffee
House.
Formerly Paradise Coffee, located at 7610
N.E. Glisan St., her new coffeehouse will feature
beverages, pastries and a most decidedly gay-
friendly atmosphere. Music is on the menu for
Friday and Saturday nights.
r. Wendy Callander, a
former physician with
Peace Health Medical Group
in Eugene, is now the staff
medical physician at Western
States Chiropractic College
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the store a destination point, there is simply no
way for Holly to compete with the large book
store chains.
While some might criticize her for moving
from the more popular location on Hawthorne,
the fact remains that rising costs forced Holly
out of that spot. W hen the store first opened in
1991, rent was $315 per month. By the time she
moved from the newer, larger Hawthorne store,
the rent had skyrocketed to $2,000 per month
and would have reached $3,000 in another two
years. Essentially, she had to move.
Plans are still underway for the construction
of a wheelchair ramp at the 64th Avenue loca
tion. The determination to make the store
accessible remains firm; how
ever, the cost is estimated at
more than $5,000 to build a
ccxle-compliant ramp. That’s
a lot of rainbow stickers to
sell.
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olly Mulcahey, owner of It’s My Pleasure is
not faring much better with her novelty,
btx>k and music store. Since moving the store
from its previous location on bustling Southeast
Hawthorne Boulevard to 3106 N.E. 64th Ave.
in Portland, sales have continued to dwindle.
No timetable has been set with respect to
how much longer Holly can remain in business,
but one thing is clear— lesbian and gay business
owners like Holly and Bonnie need the commu
nity’s support to stay afloat.
Her immediate plans include fcx:using more
on the “sex toys and pleasurable items” that she
carries. Erotic Kx)ks will remain, but the store
will no longer carry its more complete invento
ry of lesbian novels, nonfiction and women’s
b°°ks. Without a customer base willing to make
PH O TO BY
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fter struggling for financial
footing for 15 months, time
hits run out for the Sacred
Grounds coffeehouse located
adjacent to It’s My Pleasure.
A combination of factors is forcing owner
Bonnie Westfall to close the gathering spot
at the end of this month.
While the space has grown as a resource
center, sales have dropped off to the point
where the losses
can no longer he
sustained.
C om poun d ing
the impact of the
lack of income is
by
the fact that the
Marty Davis
facility, while meet
ing
all
health
department axles, is not in compliance with
current building ccxle requirements.
The huge obstacle of having no money to
bring the converted garage up to the electrical
and plumbing standards prompted Bonnies
painful decision to close.
For the time being, the lending library will
remain in the space,
—
but long-term plans
depend
on
the
results of further
building
inspec
tions.
The
Sacred
Grounds Drive-in is
not impacted by
this closure and
remains open for
business at 3255
N.E. 82nd Ave., in
the parking lot of
the Original Taco
House.
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Wendy Callander (top) and Karen Sorensen
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