Posted on 04/20/2017 10:01:04 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
Social incubator New Sun Rising has purchased a new headquarters that will create 20 jobs and a more sustainable Millvale, according to executive director Scott Wolovich.
The nonprofit will move from a 700-square-foot space to the 10,000-square-foot former Loyal Order of the Moose No. 68 at 112 E. Sherman St. in Millvale.
Millvale sustainability coordinator, Zaheen Hussain, will move from his current Millvale Community Library workspace to the new building, where he will work alongside New Sun Rising employees in a co-working space.
The 412 Food Rescue co-founder and CEO Leah Lizarondo said her organization will use the kitchen to process donations into “healthy, ready-to-eat meals” and will hold pop-up dinners. The organization also will host food education classes.
“This space is essential to the natural next step to achieving our mission of preventing food from entering the waste stream and redirecting it to feeding those who are food insecure.”
Finally, phase three will consist of a training area and artist-in-residence space.
New Sun Rising created a for-profit benefit corporation to purchase the building.
The building concept is a direct response to the 2012 Millvale EcoDistrict Pivot Plan, which focused on food, energy, water, air quality, mobility and equity initiatives: When residents expressed an interest in having greater food access, New Sun Rising created the Launch Millvale food incubator in 2015, he said.
“I came into the program knowing that I liked to cook food … but not someone who had any knowledge of how to run a food-related business,” Saffron said. “And now we're looking at joining forces with 412 (Food Rescue) and New Sun Rising to create a brick and mortar establishment that will serve the community.”
New Sun Rising is working with Millvale EcoDistrict Collaborative members to build upon the plan, Wolovich said.
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Social incubator? Co-working space? Ecodistrict? Pivot Plan? They are certainly buzzword compliant.
So....how much is this costing me as a taxpayer to provide pointless employment to all of these Liberal Arts majors?
The library was used to house a “sustainability coordinator”.
It’s an infestation left wing garbage.
A moose once bit my sister...
And without the lodge, he’s now homeless. Poor moose.
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