A groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction of the 6888 Kitchen Incubator is set to take place Monday inside the historic Dayton Arcade, according to the project manager with OH Taste Foundation.
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Opening remarks begin at 2 p.m. on December 12th, the manager said. The groundbreaking will start at 2:30 p.m., with tours of the site at 2:40 p.m., at the Dayton Arcade located at 32 S. Ludlow Street in Dayton.
The 6888 Kitchen Incubator is a multi-phase project sponsored by the Fifth Third Foundation, the manager said in a media release shared with News Center 7. The first phase of the project will include the creation of OH Taste LLC’s Sharpen the Axe Program.
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“The 6888 Kitchen Incubator, created in 2020, is the premiere intersection of food business education, equitable food systems, and economic development,” the manager said in the media release. “A project of the nonprofit, OH Taste, the mission of the Kitchen is to grow the local economy by providing resources to food entrepreneurs. The OH Taste Foundation provides the groundwork for future success by establishing incubator kitchens, financial literacy programs, and agricultural and workplace development initiatives.”
The space will house commercial kitchen space, storage and baking facilities, the manager said. Educational programs will also be available to under-resourced local food business owners.
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Remarks from the spokesperson for Fifth Third Bank, the lead investor of the project, Mayor of Dayton Jeffery Mims, a 16888 Kitchen Incubator board chair France Menone and co-founder Charlynda Scales will conduct the groundbreaking, according to the manager.
More information is available on the OH Taste website.
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