TOPEKA — When a hotly-anticipated innovation hub opens its doors Feb. 9 in downtown Topeka, visitors might notice the scent of freshly brewed coffee before they even catch sight of the startup space’s state-of-the art high-tech labs.
Sparrow Coffee Co. — a young, locally owned business best known for its north Topeka drive-through operation — is preparing to debut its first sit-down café; a second location for the brand inside Link Innovation Labs. For the founders, the move represents both a leap of faith and a deliberate step deeper into Topeka’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem.
For Link’s backers, the coffee shop is no afterthought. It’s part of the infrastructure.
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