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== History ==
===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}}</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"/>
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