When Alyssa took over Alma in 2014, it was located on Front Street in Newburgh. In less than a year, the Alma community grew so large that they outgrew that space and Alyssa was forced to look for a new location. One day while driving around, she ended up in an area of Newburgh that she was not familiar with. She passed by the vacant space in the Algonquin Plaza, saw the “FOR RENT” sign in the window, and the rest is history!