Today's Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Coffee took place at the Chevy location of Hope Auto on North Hervey. Attendees began to gather at 9:30 a.m, the customary start time of these weekly events.

In the showroom, three long tables in phalanx formation held an array of goodies, which salesperson Maci Stout organized from Picket Fence and Hebrews 11:1. These included ham or turkey and cheese sliders, chicken salad croissandwiches, fresh fruit and cold cut plates and a tantalizing tower of cookies along with three choices of coffee, including an iced pecan latte.

Salesman David Wilowsky said he always looked forward to coffees coming to Hope Auto because of the people he gets to meet. The location's grey striped tabby mascot, meanwhile, hovered around, sometimes peeking through the big showroom windows, sometimes surveying the lines of new cars on the lot.