ShareKitchen

Business Incubators, or business development and support centers, originated in 1956 when a man named Joseph Mancuso turned an 850,000 square foot abandoned warehouse into a space where small businesses could start and build their businesses in a supportive and nurturing environment. In the beginning his facility housed a variety of different businesses including a chicken processor. One day Mr. Mancuso arrived at the warehouse to find a bunch of freshly hatched chicks running around and dubbed the facility an “incubator” in honor of the fledgling chicks and businesses.
Currently there are approximately 1400 business incubators across the United States offering start-ups and early stage companies access to industry specific resources and services in shared space locations. The goal of an incubator program is to help develop their clients into full fledged, self-sustainable enterprises that will graduate into their own spaces and create jobs in their local communities. Program types range from Classic Incubators which incubate many different types of businesses under one roof to Niche Incubators which offer specialized programs like Technology and Culinary Incubators.
ShareKitchen is a full service Culinary Incubator Program which gives members the opportunity to share a 3300 square foot restaurant complete with a fully licensed and permitted commercial kitchen. Working collaboratively with local business development programs and the National Business Incubator Association, ShareKitchen is committed to promoting diverse, nutritionally minded, environmentally friendly, locally sourcing food businesses. Potential participants include product developers interested in distributing their products locally and nationally, caterers and aspiring restaurateurs who care about our community and want to make a positive impact on our local economy. ShareKitchen will also host special guest Chefs and pop-up dinners to introduce our members’ concepts.
Interested? Please visit www.ShareKitchen.org for more information and fill out our contact form to join our interest and mailing lists.