A new business venture geared towards putting a smile on peoples’ faces has just been put into action by Pastor Sean Alsobrooks at KnowLife church. He already owns Remedy Coffee, but now he has set his sights on opening up a donut shop by late summer.

According to Alsobrooks, “donuts make people happy.” While there is no arguing with him there, he further wins over our hearts by expressing that “it’s hard to eat a donut with a frown on your face. There’s something about the smell and taste that takes us to that delightful place. Put simply, donuts make people happy.”

The Pastor first added the business owner title to his name when he initially opened up Remedy Coffee back in 2009. While many people had their doubts about whether or not the coffee shop would succeed, he has happily proven them wrong six years later, with a crowd that keeps coming back to his coffee shop. Now that he has successfully seen one establishment take off, his next goal is to do the same thing with a different kind of shop.

This time, Alsobrooks plans on packing and moving his business talents to a new neighborhood in downtown Knoxville. According to him, “it’s just a short walk from downtown Knoxville [and] there hasn’t been any new retail businesses started in this neighborhood in decades. It’s filled with amazing, historic buildings and it’s our greatest pleasure to help bring back to this beautiful yet often overlooked part of our city.”