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===Sunrise Foundation & Christian roots===

The Jammin' Java brand was originally a collection [[Christian music|Christian-themed]] and owned [[coffeehouse]]s<ref name="FairfaxCounty">{{cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/200102012034/http://fairfaxcountyva.com/entertainment/java.htm |title=WaybackArchive: Jammin' Java profile |year=2000 |work=Fairfax County, VA |accessdate=October 25, 2011 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/200102012034/http://fairfaxcountyva.com/entertainment/java.htm |archivedate=February 1, 2001 }}</ref> started by The Sunrise Foundation. The Sunrise Foundation, created and funded by the Fairfax, Virginia, senior care provider Sunrise Assisted Living Inc., began a two-part plan to develop Maryland into a center for Christian music by first opening a 1,000-square-foot [[recording studio]] in 1996.<ref name="BaltSun1998">{{cite web |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-01-12/business/1998012039_1_christian-music-jammin-coffeehouses |title=Jammin', java and Jesus Music: Local entrepreneurs envision recording studios and a string of coffeehouses dedicated to Christian popular music |author=Shanon D. Murray |date=January 12, 1998 |work=The Baltimore Sun |accessdate=October 25, 2011}}</ref> The studio, Waters Edge, was a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] studio available to Christian recording artists. The second part was to create a chain of Christian-run coffeehouses called "Jammin' Java" to host Christian artists.<ref name="BaltSun1998"/>

In 1998, the first Jammin' Java was opened in [[Kent Island, Maryland]].<ref name="WashPost2000">{{cite web|url=http://yp.washingtonpost.com/E/V/WASDC/0047/75/78/cs1.html |title=WaybackArchive: Jammin' Java profile |author=Eric Brace |year=2000 |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=October 25, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816162740/http://yp.washingtonpost.com/E/V/WASDC/0047/75/78/cs1.html |archivedate=August 16, 2000 }}</ref> Additional areas were scouted, including a partially DHCD-funded ___location in [[Washington, D.C.]] that never materialized.<ref name="WashCityPaper">{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/18674/the-battle-of-shiloh/ |title=The Battle of Shiloh |author=Dan Gilgoff |date=December 10, 1999 |work=The Washington City Paper |accessdate=October 25, 2011}}</ref> In November 1999, the second Jammin' Java was opened in a [[strip mall]] in Vienna, Virginia. Located outside of Washington D.C., the former [[Rite Aid]] became a coffee shop, small music venue and recording studio, as well as a music store that sold [[guitar]]s and amplifiers.<ref name="WashPost2000"/> The venue mainly featured Contemporary Christian music and small acts but was described by the owner Matt Turner as being "faith-based and non-denominational" and did not feature Christian [[iconography]].<ref name="WashPost2000"/> The Vienna Jammin' Java lasted for two years before changing management and direction.