September 5, 2017
Kevin and Sarah Zakariasen had a desire to start a family-run coffee shop in downtown Clarksburg, W.Va. The dream became a realization for the couple recently when they officially opened the doors of Stonewall Coffee, LLC.
Located next to the County Courthouse, it is the only coffee shop in the Clarksburg business district, catering to office workers, retail employees and local residents. Independently owned and operated, Stonewall Coffee is named after Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, the Civil War general whose birthplace was Clarksburg.
The Zakariasens had reached out to their local community bank, WesBanco Bank, Inc., which used funding from FHLBank Pittsburgh’s Banking On Business (BOB) program to supplement the financing the owners needed to get their business off the ground.
1LuAnne Bush, Vice President at WesBanco Bank, Inc., said, “Without FHLBank Pittsburgh’s BOB product, the Zakariasens’ dream may not have come true as quickly as it did. The flexibility of the BOB product helped to provide the last step in financing allowing Stonewall Coffee the necessary cash to purchase equipment and to finalize renovations to their building. The BOB loan program is a fitting product for startup businesses.”
Downtown businesses have welcomed the new coffee shop. "The first day we opened up, we had more than 130 people come through the doors," said Kevin Zakariasen. "It's been really exciting and neat to see the community come out and say, 'Hey, this is exactly what we needed here in Clarksburg,' and that has been so encouraging."
1 LuAnne Bush retired from WesBanco Bank, Inc. in 2020.
Located next to the County Courthouse, it is the only coffee shop in the Clarksburg business district, catering to office workers, retail employees and local residents. Independently owned and operated, Stonewall Coffee is named after Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, the Civil War general whose birthplace was Clarksburg.
The Zakariasens had reached out to their local community bank, WesBanco Bank, Inc., which used funding from FHLBank Pittsburgh’s Banking On Business (BOB) program to supplement the financing the owners needed to get their business off the ground.
1LuAnne Bush, Vice President at WesBanco Bank, Inc., said, “Without FHLBank Pittsburgh’s BOB product, the Zakariasens’ dream may not have come true as quickly as it did. The flexibility of the BOB product helped to provide the last step in financing allowing Stonewall Coffee the necessary cash to purchase equipment and to finalize renovations to their building. The BOB loan program is a fitting product for startup businesses.”
Downtown businesses have welcomed the new coffee shop. "The first day we opened up, we had more than 130 people come through the doors," said Kevin Zakariasen. "It's been really exciting and neat to see the community come out and say, 'Hey, this is exactly what we needed here in Clarksburg,' and that has been so encouraging."
1 LuAnne Bush retired from WesBanco Bank, Inc. in 2020.