Co-owners and partners Martin Davis Jr. and Sasha Solomon have opened We Got The Juice on Summer Street in Adams. The couple has a passion for healthy eating and wants to share that with the community.
The juice bar opened in the former Corner Lunch after nearly a year of renovation.
Davis and Solomon say all their ingredients are fresh, not frozen.
We Got The Juice has juice — it also has smoothies, salads and bowls.
ADAMS, Mass. — New smoothie shop We Got The Juice has been open for two weeks and swarmed with business.
Co-owners and partners Martin Davis Jr. and Sasha Solomon, who have been together for 13 years, had an idea to create a healthy option for people back in 2018 after dealing with health issues themselves.
"We had some health issues so we really couldn't find healthy options so we decided to create one," Davis said.
In 2020, they opened We Got The Juice in Springfield and operated it for two years before deciding to open a location in Berkshire County as the commute was getting to be too much for them.
The couple searched for a location in Pittsfield with a $7,000 grant from the city but was unable to find a suitable place that wouldn't cost more money out of pocket to renovate.
Then last year they landed on the location at 50 Summer St. that used to house the Corner Lunch. It took them a year to renovate the kitchen and make the space ready for opening.
On March 11, they opened to bring fresh smoothies and healthy meals, an option they did not have in Springfield.
"At our last location we didn't have a kitchen, we could only do juices and smoothies, we have now been able to expand our menu to be able to serve hot foods as well," Solomon said.
We Got The Juice has a wide range of smoothies, juices, and healthy meals to choose from on their menu, including salads and acai and protein bowls, protein shakes and wellness shots, and add-ons such as protein powders, ashwagandha (a stress reliever), and sea moss.
Davis and Solomon say they never use frozen food or dairy and only use natural sweeteners.
"We're just trying to boost immunity in the community," they both said.
They've only been open a couple of weeks but they're already considering how they might expand.
"In the future, I would like to go mobile," said Solomon. "That's something I see us doing is getting a mobile vehicle and maybe going close to the oceans but keeping this home base."
One of the driving passions behind the business is to make healthy food accessible in the community.
"We are always looking for communities that lack healthy options, too, so we would like to open up in other places," Davis said.
The two also explained that they have been really busy since opening and have seen much support from businesses as well as customers.
"It feels like the community accepts what we're doing and they appreciate a lot of times people tell me thank you we needed a healthy, something like this here," Solomon said.
We Got The Juice is open Tuesday through Friday from 8 to 5 and Saturdays from 9 to 2.
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Adams Applies for CDBG Grant to Address Blight
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The town continues its efforts to address blight in the community by applying for funds through the Community Development Block Grant, as it has done years prior.
The Select Board recently approved the grant application requesting $950,000 to fund the highly anticipated Winter Street reconstruction and the town's Adams Housing Rehabilitation Program.
CDBG is a federally funded competitive grant program administered by the state. It can be used for activities that address blight, housing, beautification, demolition and economic development.
The need for these funds is substantial as towns work to balance addressing high-cost infrastructure repairs with limited state and federal funding, such as Chapter 90, said Donna Cesan, community development director.
"Adams is one of the poor communities in the commonwealth. Here in the Northern Berkshires, we're still recovering from the '60s and the loss of our manufacturing base, so it's been a slow recovery," she said.
Cesan has been working with the town for more than 20 years and during that time has seen improvements but there are still setbacks, including the rising costs to address the communities needs.
"To continue to work on projects like this to improve the community. So, I think Adams is very deserving of this. I think the community needs this," she said.
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