PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — On Monday, a well-known Rhode Island company broke ground on a new location in Providence, with the hopes of being a launchpad for hundreds of new businesses.
Hope & Main plans to continue inspiring local entrepreneurs to follow their passions in a low-cost and low-risk way with Hope & Main West End Kitchens, a project that’s been in the making since the summer of 2022. The building was the former home of an HVAC company in the area.
“If it wasn’t for Hope & Main, I would not have a business,” said Kristi Dukoff, the founder of Kristi’s Kraftails. Dukoff is just one of the hundreds of entrepreneurs who have walked through the doors of Hope & Main’s culinary incubator.
Dukoff told 12 News that she was able to get her business up and running within less than six months of working with Hope & Main, where she received help with licensing, insurance regulations, and much more…