MOXI Junction uses Kickstarter for final financial push before opening in Maize

WICHITA — The new Maize coffeehouse MOXI Junction has a building now, but its kitchen is empty, so Joanna Kilgore has begun a Kickstarter campaign to finance it.

"We were doing really well, and then my funding collapsed," she says. "I had a verbal, 'Yes,' that turned into a, 'No.'"

In October, Have You Heard? reported that Kilgore and some Maize-area friends, including two other mothers of special-needs children, are opening the business as a place for their kids to work. The coffeehouse also will have a bakery and art gallery.

MOXI, which stands for Mothers of Exceptional Individuals, will be at the northwest corner of Park and Central in Maize.

"I'm paying for 99 percent myself," Kilgore says.

She says a farm bank has been helping her.

"They would much rather give to farms than speciality coffee. It makes more sense to them."

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This story was originally published June 25, 2014 at 2:48 PM with the headline "MOXI Junction uses Kickstarter for final financial push before opening in Maize."