Our Mission
Common Good Co's mission is to fuel the hustle of our community while giving back so others have a chance at their own. We're a locally-owned coffee shop and co-working space focused not just on profits, but on creating a wave of positive change for all mankind.
For our customers, we create a welcoming environment and affordable workspace so our community has a place to work, meet, and relax. Our workspace is designed to help startups, remote workers, and local organizations thrive. Our coffee shop serves ethically sourced coffee and offers a relational context for anyone who walks through the doors. Whether you're into specialty coffee or just need a cup to get you through the day, we're here to give you a quality experience.
For our community, we prop up our local community organizations by raising awareness, sponsoring events, and donating proceeds.Waltham is home to an incredible family of non-profit and social services agencies making a difference with homelessness, affordable housing, food insecurity, the inclusion of adults with disabilities, and more.
These groups are part of what makes the city so wonderful, yet many of them go unnoticed and unappreciated. We want to tell their story and support their work.
Our name says it all, we're in this for the common good of everyone.
Our Mission
Common Good Co's mission is to fuel the hustle of our community while giving back so others have a chance at their own. We're a locally-owned coffee shop and co-working space focused not just on profits, but on creating a wave of positive change for all mankind.
For our customers, we create a welcoming environment and affordable workspace so our community has a place to work, meet, and relax. Our workspace is designed to help startups, remote workers, and local organizations thrive. Our coffee shop serves ethically sourced coffee and offers a relational context for anyone who walks through the doors. Whether you're into specialty coffee or just need a cup to get you through the day, we're here to give you a quality experience.
For our community, we prop up our local community organizations by raising awareness, sponsoring events, and donating proceeds. Waltham is home to an incredible family of non-profit and social services agencies making a difference with homelessness, affordable housing, food insecurity, the inclusion of adults with disabilities, and more.
These groups are part of what makes the city so wonderful, yet many of them go unnoticed and unappreciated. We want to tell their story and support their work.
Our name says it all, we're in this for the common good of everyone.
Our Story
In 2018, Jace Rasche and Drew Thurman moved their families to Waltham, Massachusetts. Almost immediately they discovered the network of non-profit and social service agencies in the area and started serving with several of them. It quickly became clear that many of the amazing helpers on the front lines of these organizations needed much more exposure and help. In fact, one day they hand-delivered gift baskets to numerous organizations and were met with smiles and tears. Many uttered the same phrase - "How did you find us? Not many people even know we're here, much less thank us for our work!"
It was from this, a dream of helping the helpers emerged.
What would it look like to pursue redemptive social entrepreneurship, where active community engagement and social change trumped profits? That became the pursuit. Their own struggle to find a quality workspace and a good cup of coffee birthed the dream of a hybrid business that would provide these needed services in Waltham while giving back in any way possible. Through awareness and storytelling, they hope to help everyone in the community become more engaged in the needs that exist in the city. And of course, provide a hospitable environment with a place to work and a great cup of coffee or tea.
This dream culminated in Common Good Co.'s name and its location in the heart of Moody Street.
Our Story
In 2018, Jace Rasche and Drew Thurman moved their families to Waltham, Massachusetts. Almost immediately they discovered the network of non-profit and social service agencies in the area and started serving with several of them. It quickly became clear that many of the amazing helpers on the front lines of these organizations needed much more exposure and help. In fact, one day they hand-delivered gift baskets to numerous organizations and were met with smiles and tears. Many uttered the same phrase - "How did you find us? Not many people even know we're here, much less thank us for our work!"
It was from this, a dream of helping the helpers emerged.
What would it look like to pursue redemptive social entrepreneurship, where active community engagement and social change trumped profits? That became the pursuit. Their own struggle to find a quality workspace and a good cup of coffee birthed the dream of a hybrid business that would provide these needed services in Waltham while giving back in any way possible. Through awareness and storytelling, they hope to help everyone in the community become more engaged in the needs that exist in the city. And of course, provide a hospitable environment with a place to work and a great cup of coffee or tea.
This dream culminated in Common Good Co.'s name and its location in the heart of Moody Street.
