Things are falling into place for the upcoming coffeehouse in Akron set to open in 2023.

On Wednesday morning the Akron community came together for the depot's big move from its former location on Front Street, to its newest location for  ‘The Grounded Coffee House at the Depot' at the intersection of State Road 19 & State Road 14. 

State Road 19 and Front Street in Akron were closed temporarily for the event, as spectators lined the street in anticipation for over an hour. Dozens of students from the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation were also there to watch the historical event. 

Owner Lori Geiger says the future coffee house has been and will continue to be a whole community project and started with the people who built, worked at or passed through the doors of the Akron Depot, Atlantic-Chicago, Erie, Erie Lackawanna and Conrail railroads from 1883.

 Pike Lumber Co, the Akron Revitalization Committee and the Town of Akron were among those assisting to guide the depot off its foundations and across town. Geiger is thankful for the community, and hopes the coffeehouse is one more thing that will help keep the small town of Akron alive and thriving.