How We Built a Bakery in Our Garage | Proof Bread 

After 3 years of building this bakery from scratch, we're being forced to move. What should be an 18-month process is now being forced upon us in only 4 short months, during our busiest time of the year. This isn't just a matter of logistics. This move will cost us an estimated $250,000 to build out entirely new infrastructure. If you'd like to help us, please donate to our GoFundMe so we can keep Proof alive: gf.me/u/yzr87v You help will save our livelihood and the livelihoods of over a dozen families that rely on the company. Your help will allow this local food economy to have a small light in this catastrophic year. Our business was fortunate to remain stable in recent months, but now we face an existential crisis. Words cannot adequately describe the great level of appreciation we will all have for every small offer of help we can receive at this time. We are a community bakery, and at this moment we desperately need our community's help. » Subscribe for our latest videos: ru-vid.com/show-UCPYHRKEqMycep7r5kO-1org » Check out our products: proofbread.com/?ref=YRZmK6opL7fre » Follow us on social: instagram.com/proofbread/ facebook.com/ProofArtisanBread/ twitter.com/proofbread » Proof Bread is a modern throwback to a way of life that values small-scale craftsmanship, local community, and creativity. We are a small group of passionate bakers working in our garage (thanks to cottage laws) which has been converted into a micro-bakery. Everything we bake is made by hand, from the best local ingredients, with no short cuts. #sourdough #artisanbread #microbakery

This is... I dont have words... This is 1) what I need to see 2) a real and 100% honest picture of what owning a business is like

I know that you are going to take this hurdle and flip it to your advantage. If I take anything from your story it's that you are one of the most resilient people I know of. You have managed to build multiple businesses and steered them too success. I have a feeling that there are great things to come for Proof and this is only the catalyst you need to make it happen.

I'm sorry for the obstacles you are facing. I've followed you for over a year. I jumped in to market gardening three years ago. I was pretty green, but went for it anyway. No regrets. I have a strong customer base for organic vegetables, eggs, and I have added meat chickens and turkeys. Man, it is hard work but the pay-off is happening at last. I am up in Canada, but I am cheering for you! Big, big, respect! I pray that you get through this (and I know you will)! I am making a donation now. The ultimate outcome will be SO MUCH better with space and equipment that enables you to grow and flourish personally.

I hope you read this message, I just love your honesty and your engagement of the audience. This is such a great guide for everyone who is involved in artisan bread making and taking things further than your kitchen. Thank you.

Honestly.... we need more hard-working men like you. You were raised well, my friend. What a great channel.

I live in Australia, and watching these videos has motivated me to find and support my local quality artisan bakery. I now spend money there every week for amazing product. The work and documentation your doing isn't just helping your community, but local communities and food production across the globe. Thanks for all the hard work and passion you share, can't wait to see more in the future I will definitely be donating and telling my mates of the incredible videos you share and hope to try your products one day!!!! Thanks, you guys got this!

I hope everything works out. Best wishes to your bakery and your family, we hope to have good news soon. good vibes from Argentina

Proof, you can also apply to have your property rezoned to Commercial. The city can refuse you outright or if they don't, the request has to be printed in the local newspaper for 3 wks or more (depending on your local bylaws) for the public to challenge. If no one challenges the request, you MAY get your property rezoned.

Damn 2020 is really a bad year all around.... really sorry to hear that, will try to funnel a bit of money to your gofundme to keep you working in this industry, im in awe of the quality you deliver and wouldn't like nothing more than be able to buy your bread somedays, sadly not in the right country but the heart is with you !

Here's another comment to help with the algorithm. I'm unemployed and truly will donate when I can.

Keeping you all in mind. I know you'll get through this. It's a dream of mine to come try a loaf from your bakery

You keep walking around this garage style room... and it keeps growing larger and larger! Its like a physics mystery. Great job with your growth!

Wowza, what a story! I haven’t been able to find a local bakery here I Sweet Home Oregon. There used to be local bread at co-op in Newport. Yummy

All the great companies start in garages, while other just went with the size aspect of Great, you just keep giving out the quality of Great.

Hi John, I've watched all your videos. They're so instructive and wholesome. I hope you find a good lawyer to fight this and wish you all the best. You deserve it. 🥰

This proves what Jimmy Dore & Dylan Ratigan were discussing about the upward transference of wealth. One weasle neighbor, disturbing the happy nest of productive swallow. The rich get richer, the small business owner meets financial stress. This is no longer the America I once knew. Im still excited to visit proof breads 1 day.

Man! Thank you and your family and your team for all the hard work you do. You keep other people in mind which makes you an asset to this world. Thank you so much for all the hard work and your education in these videos. Much Love ❤️

Just an insane story. And you built a family. How many times did you think of giving up? Do you think social media was a big part of getting through it? Congrats on the growth!

Hi Jonathan, I admire your courage and persistence to build a flourishing community around your bakery. Just donated some money and I keep fingers crossed for your success. All the best to you, your lovely family and your employees and subcontractors. And I hope to have a chance to taste your bread one day. Been to the states some many times, but never to Arizona. Greetings from Poland Mate!

Thanks for all the info you give.i really learned a lot! I wish you all the best! You will come through better bigger and stronger!

You guys should move to Canada. We have healthcare in almost every province and we would love you here.

Fascinating video! I'm gonna seek you guys out when I'm in AZ later this month!

just send the neighbors a loaf and I think the problem is solved... fascinating what you are doing. keep it up, man.

Very nice, in germany that doesnt work, because of the very high because of hygienic and food technical requirements, they are completely crazy here. I now already know 3 bakeries that were 40-75 years old that had to close because of these perverse requirements because the conversion measures were too high. One bakery has prepared everything on the upper floor, the finished baked goods they may bring for 2 years only via a fireproof elevator in the bakery, they would had to rebuild the half house, they were no longer allowed to use the spacious staircase.

Best of luck. With your dedication to work and quality ingredients, you'll come back even stronger. Very inspiring.

You are a lucky one. Unfortunately the authorities wouldn´t allow such a bakery in Germany…

Wishing you all the best, Jon, that you find the perfect location and grow your baking business and community impact further! Just supported you with a little donation, too! Also, all the best to you and your family personally, we hope that everything with your daughter turns out well!

John and Amanda - May the starter be with you forever. I was very sorry to hear about stupid neighbours and their destructive ways and even more about the situation of your daughter. John, you're a storyteller as much as a baker. Siting down to watch one of your videos is better than Netflix for me, as Sourdough fascinates me and I think I became quite good at it the past couple of years. That's as least what people around me say. In the 90's I lived for a few years in Jerusalem and there was a big commercial bakery on my bus route and the whole area smelled always of fresh baked bread, which by no means was sourdough based, but smelled wonderful every day. I cannot grasp that someone would think this is a nuisance. Did the only thing I could from my place in Copenhagen Denmark, which was visiting your GoFundMe. For people in the local community: Come on people, do something to stop this!

Congratulations! and God Bless your business, your projects future and your family!

This is a good story that you tell well enough for me to be engaged. The 11 o'clock is running late FYI. So water yes I'm starting a bakery in my dry cabin. NUTS!

Best of luck brother

Guys, this is Mesa Az. I live in Mesa. In 1958, I was born. In Mesa! My parents grew up in Mesa and Phoenix. Let me know what I can do to help you! I'm not rich, but I do have a few extra dollars. I've also got a semi-strong back, and LOVE home- made bread. Especially, Sourdough. steve

You need to write a book on how to start a company!

I sincerely wish this only makes you stronger. More than anything I wish Keira's degenerative condition can be hold and someday research can bring her a cure. Keep Strong!

I just finished watching this documentary. Excellent work. What ever happened to the garage business. all that money, all that work. How long was that rule in place the "non resident employee rule"? I came to this video because I saw your update video posted a few days ago. My hart is with you. I hope you continue to make that leap and move forward with your business. I am pretty sure that individual poured over the laws of your town to find that really obscure one that just puts a monkey wrench in the whole works.

Young Sir, my full respects!

loved this retrospective!

You guys got this!

"shit totalny" made my day :D great job by the way, I love listening to you talk! keep it up :)

Hearing about that news leaves me speechless... Even if I live in France if I can be of any help...

One day you're going to make a video from your new bakery on the moon and say "Fortunately, my next-door neighbor was an astronaut."

Love your story but I have three business operating on my street. Day care, a food manufacturer, a real estate agency and several invisible businesses. It changes the nature and functionality of our neighborhood. We didn’t buy a house to live near or be affected by business. The massive garage, cars, ... it’s a lot to impose. Wishing you the best.

Some characters just have a hard time dealing with other people’s success. They get immense pleasure and satisfaction out of throwing monkey wrenches in other people’s business and hard earned success. It’s time to make lemonade, or better yet more sourdough breads, out of the lemons that have been thrown at you. Expand and move your business to a different location; you’d need more space and equipment for your future business growth anyway. From what I’ve seen, you’re a warrior; they can’t keep you down or break your spirit.

I love what your doing and commend you for continuing despite your set backs - business is a lot about that, essentially you become a non stop solution provider macro and micro. I do however think your biggest mistake was not finding adequate retail space right from the start. Certain business's can run from home but the nature of your business, size and rate of which you scaled was always going to cause problems, with or without your pesky neighbor. Best you can do now is put that behind you (which I'm sure you have) and put all your energy into acquiring the funding. Should you fall short on the go fund me can I suggest you try and get funding from a personal investor/investors, people you know or know of, have a good standing in the community, successful business owners who buy your bread would be prime candidates. You'll obviously have to give away some equity in your business or pay back the loan with interest, depends how you want to structure it. You are super investible, very credible and driven... people with money who want to make more money love these attributes, then it becomes a question of time. I think the biggest obstacle, should this be a potential funding option for you would be yourself... whether its cause you're embarrassed, you think its demeaning, you think people will talk behind your back, its not how you were raised etc, only you can answer that... You have a dream, don't let by asking someone to help you stand in the way of that...Sometimes all you have to do is ask, people love to help and in your case I'm sure some people will be honored, but at the same time risk rejection too, be brave enough to ask!!!! You also need to realize the scale of what you are building is fairly substantial and not to get overly absorbed by the external issues that lay ahead, again that's just business in general, embrace it because you're doing exactly what you want to do. I only say this because I listened a lot to your RU-vid posts and felt there was a slight over arching theme of blaming other people for these problematic issues i.e your neighbor, regulators, broken oven etc, you have to take responsibility for all these situations, weather your fault or not, you have to own it, learn from it and move on - The buck stops with you! A lot comes down to forward planning and thinking critically about your next move, you need to be 10 steps ahead of everyone else, always. Ironically enough by screwing up, making bad decisions and not trusting your better judgement makes you more sensitive to not making similar mistakes going forward .. Most times you cannot control these shitty external situations, you can only control your own actions, otherwise you feel frustrated, think negative and clouds your thinking when your mind needs to be crystal clear and razor sharp. I do wish you all the very best and have no doubt you guys will be uber successful. Ill be following intently. Best advice I can give...Never , ever, give up!

I LOVEEE all your VIDEOS...❤️

GOD BLESS YOU

US zoning laws are nuts...

Yes, as always and almost anywhere: There are neighbors and 'neighbors', there are humans and 'humans', there are people and some kind of animals. It is by design. I realy wish you best on new location.

I started my own business also. It is so hard to do.

Thank you for sharing your story. That was wonderful. I'm sorry to hear about your daughter and the stresses of your business. I definitely donated and Hope you are able to get the attention you need with the GoFundMe to move you to the next phase of life and business. I look forward to seeing what it is and how it works out and hope it's all good. And remember nothing good comes easy.

there is a 3-car garage across the street. What the heck was your neighbor doing over there??

Omg I’m so sorry you’re going through this. This is why people need to mind their business. Fkn Karens!!! And going through your child’s diagnosis. Omg my heart breaks for you. I truly hope and wish you and the entire family (workers included) all the best and for all this to turn around quickly Xoxo

1:41 "Because we have not had the wool over our eyes..." Yet we spent GOOD money that could have been used to procure commercial space (especially cheaply in a pandemic) :(

This is so unfair. Karma will hit that one neighbor who is very inconsiderate especially in these dire times. You speak the truth. I understand all the hardships & sacrifices in running a food business. My mom’s cafe in Dubai, were I work at, shut down ‘coz of Covid.. I’ve been following and watching your videos since last year more so now coz you inspire me. I’m also in the turning point with my wife to start a bakery business but it’s still on the talks. Anyways, I pray that some good soul can help you, your family, team & business.

Eddie would go.

Putting my conspiracy theory hat on, I wouldn't mind guessing you're neighbour has someone he/she knows that has a bakery business that has been impacted by the superior product you guys are offering. Stay Strong.

We're no longer the home of the brave and the FREE. We've become small-minded people who insist that everyone live the way we think they should, belive exactly like we belive, have the same values we have.

We just added cement in our backyard (enough to park 3 cars) and that was $12,000 in California! This guy added a cement area to park an employee’s car just for his neighbor’s comfort and that was not good enough. Jerk!

Humans are so annoying!!!!!!! Like really?? How sad is your life that you run a baker out of the community! And the extent that "neighbor" went through to have y'all shut down...wow. Folks really out here just being completely mean for no reason other than their own lives are truly very sad & miserable. Y'all will be even bigger, better, and more successful in the new space.

Man, there’s always one. Why is there always one?!?

Can your local government representatives help fight for your business to remain where it is? To get all the work done to build your business the city must have approved all the work ahead of time. So where are they now? Who in your local government can help you fight to keep your business going? Your bread looks awesome. It seems such a shame.

Check out Royalty Soap on youtube, their neighbor did this about a year ago to them, so sorry, keep going!

Why would anyone complain over having a bakery in their neighbourhood? I’m complaining we don’t have any..

that neighbor is just jealous for sure.

life is just forcing you to grow. It is a good thing, just accept it. The neighbours are the means god, nature and the universe are using for your own good. Go along bro. Good luck!

You mentioned the problem the city has is you having non-resident employees. Is it difficult to replace your crew with resident employees over 4 months? Very sorry to hear about all that's happening to you.

Dear John, Amanda, As always, I was catching up on your latest video and was absolutely DUMBSTRUCK by the terrible events you shared. Our hearts go out to you and your family. It is after 2:00 am in California, but I could not rest. To that end, I humbly offer some suggestions and support. To be held hostage by what sounds like one anti-social neighbor is beyond the pale. Having had to deal with such psycho-nimby's during the course of my career of over 46-years, I have a few suggestions. 1. As mentioned in a response below, you must find a sympathetic newspaper and television reporter who would love to share your story, and hopefully, expose the duplicity of the city officials who have made commitments to you and have broken them. What you are experiencing cuts through so many levels. Your business is being threatened by the petty enforcement of a ridiculous city ordinance. Your family is being threatened by the loss of your livelihood and puts your daughter's care at risk. The city will lose a valuable source of revenue: loss of sales and taxes, loss of artisan made healthy food, loss of revenue to vendors, loss of employment, warning to the business community that Mesa is a petty, restrictive place to do business. 2. Given the community support you have, your community needs to immediately mount a very public campaign to get the city to rescind their demand to vacate your facility to a more reasonable schedule. When politicians see an out-pouring of public sentiment that could affect their political career, you would be surprised at how quickly they will find a solution. I would suggest the following: a. Your community needs to mount a letter writing campaign ASAP and flood city hall with their outrage. b. That your community flood the "Public Comment" portion of the City Council's Agenda starting with the next City Council Meeting, and every meeting thereafter until they come to their senses. Believe me, when politicians see people lined out the door, (or in this case, via electronic meetings), they see an immediate threat to political careers. When they do the math of all the potential negative votes from their actions balanced against the whining complaints of one neighbor, they will see things in a different light. The council needs to understand that they WILL NOT get the votes from all these people who sign the petition. They will not sacrifice their lame A___ES for one venal idiot. The Mesa City Council meets every 1st and 3rd Monday, They are meeting electronically because of Covid. I have copied their instructions for making a public comment below. Your community needs to line up as many people as possible to reserve their phone-in place in line. City councils usually allow up to 3-minutes of public comment per person at the beginning of each council meeting. Normally, there are few (if any) people who want to make a public comment during this portion of the council meeting. Can you imagine their surprise and embarrassment when just 20-people line up on the phone wanting to express their SHOCK and DISAPPOINTMENT at their actions against you, your family and your business? Especially when they hear this for over 60-minutes (1-hour)!!! Phone-in instructions below copied from the city's website: "Because of the current public health emergency, the City Council Chambers is closed for Council Meetings. However, the live meeting may be watched on local cable Mesa channel 11, online at Mesa11.com/live, ru-vid.comlive, or facebook.com/CityofMesa, or listened to by calling 888-788-0099 or 877- 853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 5301232921 and following the prompts. Public participation will be available electronically. If you want to provide a written comment or speak telephonically at the meeting, please submit an online comment card by going to Mesaaz.gov/bluecard at least 1 hour prior to the start of the meeting. If you want to speak at the meeting, you will need to indicate on the comment card that you would like to speak during the meeting, and you will need to call 888-788-0099 or 877-853-5247 (toll free) using meeting ID 5301232921 and following the prompts, prior to the start of the meeting. You will be able to listen to the meeting; and when the item you have indicated that you want to speak on is before Council, your line will be taken off mute and you will be given an opportunity to speak." 3. Hire an attorney (I know this sounds really sleazy), a really good attorney who understands city politics and can suggest to the council that they may regret their actions not only politically, but also financially if he finds a good case for you and against them. 4. Their actions against you, your family and business is the height of political arrogance, and sounds more like the actions of a fascist or communist dictatorship. As you so eloquently expressed, you are providing JOBS, SERVICES, FOOD, TAXES and CITY REVENUE for the City of Mesa. During this pandemic, you would have to be a political moron to lose all of the community resource you bring to the city. 5. You need to reach out to other council members that may prove to be allies. Council members who have a political axe to grind against the current Mayor and/or Vice Mayor. 6. Find allies in the business community that will tell the council how destructive their actions are, and what kind of message this sends to the business community. All your vendors need to support you NOW. They will suffer along with you if you have to close down. 7. I know that all you want to do is make great bread in an ethical and honest business environment supporting your family, employees and community. However, the actions of one idiot and the city council threaten all you have worked for. You cannot allow these small minded petty bureaucrats to get away with such punitive, irresponsible actions. 8. I am going to leave my contact info on your voicemail, or leave it with someone who might answer the phone. Please feel free to contact me if you wish. John, you, Amanda, Amara, your parents, and everyone involved in Proof Bread have an incredible story that needs to be told, and that story continues to inspire not only bread makers, but many others from all walks of life. As a Chicago-native myself, I remember a line from a National Geographic article describing Chicagoans as "enthusiastically combative". It's time to take on the "dupas".

Hopefully, an Arizona attorney sees this and offers to help you.

"...any reasonable human..would just leave us alone..." There are too many busy-bodies in the world, simply *looking* for something to complain about. Sorry to hear about this challenging moment in your business. LOVE your videos!

If anyone here lives in Mesa, Arizona, and you want to help them out, besides donating to help them relocate, call the City Council's office and the Mayor's office and tell them that you don't like what's happening to Proof. Most of these people never actually hear from constituents, so a sudden barrage of calls from constituents during an election year might actually be the Hail Mary to get the to back off on Proof. ONLY DO THIS IF YOU LIVE IN MESA, AZ. If you live outside of Mesa, hand-written letters and post cards to the City Council and Mayor's office telling them what Proof means to you, might help amplify any efforts by people calling in.

There are 5.6K views...if we all chipped in $50 each then ‘bam’ they would reach their goal. I am donating

Well you just exposed the so called American dream, I live in Europe. In my country there's a law that if a representative of a governing body tells you 'you have a lot of time' and actually says about 20 months or more, you have a right to that. They cannot come back a week later and tell you four months. I don't know America that well, but what a country.... I can also not understand why people are bothered by this kind of thing. If my neighbours had such a bakery I would welcome it! As I live in the Netherlands I once did some work at a baker and I can tell you this baker had his bakery in a area where people would live. The storefront was even in the street it was no problem. I'm sad to see this video of someone working hard and providing jobs to people and you seem like a great person to work for, that it has to be like this. I wish you a lot of luck.

Anyone, I don’t care who you are, does not succeed without help somewhere along the way. Those who say they are self made and look down their nose, are lying. Even with good morals and work ethic...people have failed. If I have ever seen anyone deserving of success it is Proof Bread.

So.....if every one of your subscribers donated just $5.00 on your Gofundme page, it would save your company! Come-on people....we can do this! 😁

Had just completed donation on Gofundme. Also dropping comment to get the RU-vid algorithm going. Here is some love from Taiwan. I discovered your channel back in May and started watching from your second posted video. Since then I enjoyed every single video you had uploaded. The quality of the video and your stories are phenomenal, just by watching you talking about bread making while making breads can see how much passion and effort had been put into this bakery. I am not able to taste the bread but I believe they are as awesome as your videos. So I hope that Proof Bread can continue to operate and one day I will be able to visit and try out the amazing goods.

This is a marathon of a video to get through. Jon, I'm really glad that you have this platform to purge and vent all of these frustrations. It's BS for the city to be forcing you to move during such a time. COVID is enough of a problem, but to have to figure this out while also dealing with your daughter's recent diagnosis... in these moments you wish that the people in power could have a bit of empathy. As you put so well, Proof doesn't hurt or disturb anyone.

Love these videos so much they are almost like Bakery lecturers

Sorry for multiple comments but it is an hour long video afterall.. nearly finished. This is one of your best videos and has broad appeal regardless of baking interest. Incredible self contained story. You should consider signal boosting this one, linking to it individually on Facebook/instagram/Twitter for people to share it.

I would welcome these nice people in my neighborhood with open arms. I would be honored to have their modest business next to my house.

Why not play the game? Tell the employees to change their address to the house.

That particular neighbour is just jealous of you, maybe he/she can't bear the fact that, a man can earn a good living from working from his own home, & be his own boss. Earlier I used to think, maybe this jealousy is more rampant in my country, but people are just same everywhere. Do not lose hope friend, you are a good man & I strongly believe you will win at this, you will find a way. And we would love to see your daughter make some chocolate cookies, will pray for her. Good Luck.

Does having a commercial establishment in your neighborhood congruently diminishes the value of residential real estate? I know your neighbor complained of noise level and parking of non-residents, which could be more aesthetics, which you addressed both and which you have been talking about in your social media platforms. Still, the solutions were not amenable, why is it so difficult to reason with your neighbor and your city? Many Americans buy into the American dream of owning a house, which increases value overtime (hopefully), which then be the source of their income upon retirement. Could this be an argument by your obstinate neighbor? I do wish you all the luck.

Jon, what about buying that pesky neighbor's house? Then you could rent it out to employees who would just love to have a short commute to work. And there would be no argument about "residency."

how did the mayor explain that to you? after giving you assurances about timeline for the move, then pulling the rug out from under you with the relocation demand?

Sorry to hear all the stuff happening to your bakery and your family. Seeing how resourceful you've been earlier building the bakery and lessons learned throughout the way you WILL get through this.

Zoning and land use laws which allow individuals to interfere with how someone uses their property are scourge. Hyper-local control of zoning has given us insane house and rent prices in big metros, and they also prevent people from doing perfectly benign activities on their own property. If you sympathize with Proof Bread’s plight, you should support liberalizing our zoning laws so that people can actually use their property!!

As a fresh amateur sourdough baker I have almost watched all your videos to date. Your passion and journey to become a baker and where you are now is so amazing. I also learned a lot from you along the way. Thank you! :)

Let's see, 68,000 subscribers times $10 average per subscriber. Hmmm, hope you can spend $680k!

Love that you have Polish heritage. Grew up in a Polish immigrant neighborhood and attended a Polish Catholic school.

How can we help? Is there a gofundme?

I Hope your neighbor change his or her mind and leave you alone, let you guys produce, because what you do is amazing. Regards from Chile!

Your enthusiasm and commitment to producing good quality healthy product is amazing. I. cannot believe local officials can be so utterly blind. Your news about your daughter is heartbreaking, on top of everything else you are going through I cannot imagine how you are coping, I am sending love and support from Finland and will donate to your page, please don't give up, what you do is really very special

My prayers to you, your family and business. You’ll get through this. God sees through all your hardships. This will help you grow in ways you can’t even imagen now. Even when you don’t see it. Trust in the Lord.

Wow I tried to be open minded, but honestly, the more of the video I watched, the less empathy I have. John has a level of quiet superiority that I can't fathom. Yes he and his partner have worked hard, but they've made a lot of poor choices that have made their lives harder, despite coming from a position of priviledge. They haven't approached this in a very smart way, and it just reads to me as ego. They've hamstrung themselves and invested poorly, instead of thinking ahead. They owned a condo and didn't sell it until they were already in debt? Now they want us to pay for their move that they knew they would have to do if they wanted to expand the business? They've had 3 years to plan for this, I understand setting up a business is costly but this should have been accounted for instead of pouring concrete.

I replayed part of this twice because i was not sure of what I was hearing. So my question is, do you have illegal/undocumented people working for you, and that is why the city is making you move your business from you home? More expenses, but sounds like you need a good attorney to help you with the city mayor, asst. mayor, etc.

Thanks for your story. I love baking and have the perfect setup for a small cottage kitchen in a single garage. Hoping to enjoy the craft and supplement my income as I age. Your story is one of resilience beyond words. I loathe the miserable excuse of a human that has brought so much heartache and trauma to yourself, your family and your business. Despite all of that, I know from listening to this small part of your story, that you will persevere. Hold Strong!

Only 20 mins in and man... Seeing Jon smile as he explains the transformation of his garage bakery warms and breaks my heart at the same time. You can tell he’s so proud of all the obstacles he overcame to get Proof to where it’s at now.. but now, it’s going to be gone in 4 months ☹️ anyways, I WILL CONTINUE WATCHING THE ENTIRE 1.5 HRS SO HOPEFULLY PROOF CAN EARN MONEY THROUGH YT 🌚

Hi, from Melbourne Australia. I love you guys and have a learnt a lot from your videos in my journey making sourdough at home. I feel terrible that you have to move out b/c of a neighbor trying to destroy your livelihood especially during a pandemic. I wish you all the best and hope you get all the support you need

Jon: I’m really sorry to hear about your problems and I wish you the best. Have you considered Kickstarter and a foreclosed farm which may already have the buildings you need? I have really enjoyed watching your videos from here in Thailand, where shop houses (store at street level and home above) are very common. It seems there is more freedom here. Crisis = opportunity, so I hope you all come out of this one stronger.