EUGENE, Ore. – Burrito Brigade has purchased the old Center for Appropriate Transport building at 455 West 1st Ave. in the Whiteaker neighborhood to create a new community food hub.
The building, first constructed around 1930, was originally built next to the rails for agricultural packing, cold storage, lumber and building material distribution and freight transfer. Burrito Brigade is working with McClain Construction, a local commercial general contractor and Whiteaker neighbor who restored the old Bijou Theatre, now Eugene Art House, The Paddock and The Metro in downtown Eugene.
“We want our new building to preserve a piece of Eugene history and provide a place of dignity and education for all things food– to access it, preserve it, cook it, eat it, and celebrate our local bounty while keeping it out of the waste stream,” Clancy said…