Cooking on High: Shared-Use Kitchen Ventures

Agenda

The workshop will run between 9 am and 5 pm, with a one-hour break at 12 noon for lunch.

9:00 am: Welcome, acknowledgement and introduction of speakers.

1) Cameron Wold, Community Development Specialist, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO
2) David Gonzales, Executive Director, Denver Enterprise Center, Denver, CO

The workshop has two broad sections. In the first participants will develop an understanding for kitchen incubators and the characteristics that define them. In the second participants will design their own virtual kitchen incubator as the beginning for determining the applicability of developing a kitchen incubator in their community.

Part 1. Understanding Kitchen Incubators

Models - Urban & Rural
Kitchen Incubator Defined
Kitchen User Profiles
Potential Kitchen User Profiles
Urban Models
Rural Models
Urban / Rural Matrix
Organization
Sharing Community Resources
Training
Kitchen Incubator Services
Training Resources
Access to Appropriate Capital
Technical Assistance

Lessons Learned
Comparable Kitchens
Lessons learned in shared-use facilities

Kitchen Research
Table of Kitchen Incubators
Select Kitchen Characteristics
Kitchen Development Costs and Funding Sources
Job Creation

Part 2. Building Your Own Virtual Kitchen Incubator

Mission Statement
Preparing your kitchen's Mission Statement

Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning Matrix

Financial Considerations
Operating Budget
Capital Budget

The workshop will conclude with a Question and Answer session.