The council has sought to address some initial concerns that the changes were too wide-ranging and could cause problems in residential areas. The Bridgeport Zoning Commission is scheduled to take up the Council’s proposal at its May 27 meeting. ![]() “They need slicers, dicers, dishwashers, cooks,” Smith said. Smith envisions a day when the low-income residents and immigrants who currently rely on United to fill their bellies could receive the necessary training in that same kitchen to work at one of Bridgeport’s eateries. The hope is to eventually also to have Bridgeport resident Chef Raquel Rivera-Pablo - whose A Pinch of Salt offers cooking classes and catering in Fairfield County and New York City -provide cooking courses to people, particularly youths, interested in working in the restaurant industry. “It’s meant to be a starting point.”Īlthough lease rates are still being developed, the goal is to offer prices that are roughly half of the market rate - $25 to $30 per hour, McCabe and her colleagues said, is routinely charged to rent kitchens. ![]() ![]() “This space is meant to be an incubator and encourage grown and developing small business,” said Michelle Lapine McCabe, the council’s director of community engagement and food access. Put simply, when United’s kitchen is not in use for church culinary activities, the space could be rented at a reasonable rate to entrepreneurs with 10 or fewer employees who need it to mass produce their cuisine.
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