Commercial Kitchen Business Incubator

Incubator Services

The Small Business Development Center's incubator is a flexible environment where new and existing companies take advantage of inexpensive processing space and professional business counseling.

• Goal: Stimulate small business growth in the Mid-Columbia region with programs, business counseling, and management services to help reduce expenses and increase profits.
• Staff assistance in areas of management, financing, and marketing is one key to our clients' success.
• Access to other entrepreneurs and to regional expert, sharing common interests and problems often bring about common solutions.

Partners

• North Central Oregon Regional Strategies
• Oregon Business Development Department
• U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Commercial Kitchen

• 2,000 ft² food production facility
• Blogett convection ovens, Hobart mixers, Robot Coupe food processor, 60-gallon cooker/mixer
• Refrigerators, freezers, walk-in cooler, and dry storage
• Food preparation, processing, sanitizing areas
• Packaging area includes bottle-filler, weight-pack, labeling machine, package sealers
• Facility available to rent to specialty food processors and caterers
• Demonstration area, meeting and banquet room
• $15 per hour (4 hour minimum)
• Commercial Kitchen Contract
• Kitchen photos