CHICAGO — Inside a place focused on physical health is where you’ll find a pop-up coffee shop with a mind toward mental health.
The Lululemon store at 944 W. North Avenue is the latest space for the Chicago non-profit Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Health that helps Chicagoans get free therapy.
The pop-up shop is about to undergo a transformation just a few miles away.
The coffee shop is planning to go to Belmont Avenue near Sheffield Avenue in Lakeview.
The vision behind the newest, larger venture comes from Christopher Lemark who founded Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Healtmore than two years ago.
The plans are done and build-out is underway to transform this store front into a home away from home for customers.
The money made from the shop, scheduled to open in the spring goes into its mission to pair up those seeking therapy with those providing it and the help to pay for it.
“At the end of the day, the goal is to remove their financial…
