A $523,000 grant awarded by the Oregon Department of Agriculture will allow Cottage Grove’s Bohemia Food Hub to grow its commercial kitchen operations, allowing space for tenant businesses to more easily grow past the startup phase.
The company, which leases food production space to companies like food trucks and cottage food producers, will add more cold, frozen and dry food storage space. It will also expand its kitchen and prep area.
“It’s one thing to find a commercial kitchen where you can get started. But to find a kitchen that you’re able to rent and grow your business so you’re at a mid-scale capacity, this is the space that we’re going to be able to move into,” said Bohemia founder and executive director Kim Johnson…