Laurel Klein and Tom Wingert want to build a hub for food entrepreneurs and nonprofits.
They envision a community kitchen that’s a shared workspace for entrepreneurs who are just getting off the ground, as well as a place for organizations like Philabundance and the Coalition Against Hunger to find a foothold in a neighborhood that they serve. The pair is raising $100,000 to open the kitchen on the second floor of Kensington’s Impact Hub, a sprawling space that is trying to reinvent itself after its former occupant, maker and education space 3rd Ward, shut down suddenly last fall.
Their first fundraising event, a dance party, is this Thursday, May 8, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 pm. Suggested donation is $20.
RSVPFind future kitchen events here. See the proposed kitchen design here [pdf].
Klein has a masters in social work and was previously working on a food justice organization called Cafe Olam, while Wingert used to run fundraising and partnerships for social entrepreneurship organization Ignite Good.
Watch a video about the kitchen project below.
http://youtu.be/vZViORutTVo
Join our growing Slack community
Join 5,000 tech professionals and entrepreneurs in our community Slack today!
Donate to the Journalism Fund
Your support powers our independent journalism. Unlike most business-media outlets, we don’t have a paywall. Instead, we count on your personal and organizational contributions.