Angel's Cafe moving north of Calgary following closure of Edworthy Park location
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Angel's Cafe is resuming operations in a city near Calgary, after being forced to close its doors in Edworthy Park earlier this year to make way for replacement work on the Bearspaw feeder main.
Owner Cathy Jacobs confirmed Irvine Tack and Western Wear, about 50 kilometres north of Calgary, has offered to help recreate Angel's during the construction period.
"We're really sad to leave our community," Jacobs told CBC Radio's The Homestretch on Wednesday. "But, you know what, we can't sit around."
The City of Calgary has agreed to move the café structure off-site and store it for up to three years at its expense, city officials told CBC News in a statement.
City officials said the building must be removed by March 8 before water restrictions come into effect, and crews begin excavation work on the site.
Jacobs said a team of volunteers has spent the last two weeks cleaning out the building.
"We've never worked so hard — 14 hour days, 16 hour days — to try to do everything possible to make this move workable," she said. "Now it's in the hands of the city."
In January, Jacobs told CBC News the city had notified her the café's lease would be terminated. They were evicted from the property on Feb. 22.
Some business owners in the Bowness and Montgomery areas have expressed concern about the potential side effects of the city's plan to replace the feeder main, following two catastrophic breaks in the span of 18 months. The city is working on building a new steel pipe parallel to the existing one, which will eventually take over service.
"Angel’s Cafe will have an opportunity to reopen once all work is completed and it is safe to do so," the city's statement said.
Costs for the relocation have not been finalized, the city said. The plan is to dismantle the structure into four parts, then transport the pieces to a city storage facility.
It is unusual for the city to pay for businesses to store their goods, city officials told CBC News in an email. Even though Angel's Cafe owns the building, given the tight timeline for removal, the city said it was better positioned to take on the move.
Angel's Cafe has operated in Edworthy Park for nearly 30 years, beginning as a food truck in 1998.
Jacobs said upon finding out she would have to close the business she "cried for the woman who worked so hard to build what we have today."
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