(Long Island, NY) With everything from spicy fried chicken to gluten-free graham crackers and designer marshmallows, more than 250 food-makers and food-lovers celebrated the Entrepreneur Space’s fourth birthday party on February 3, 2015.
The theme was “Books & Cooks,” and 27 vendors provided samples of their products while four authors — Andrea Lynn of Queens: A Culinary Passport; Adrienne Onofri of Walking Queens; Meg Cotner of the Food Lovers’ Guide to Queens; and Vivian Carter of Rockaway Beach — sold and signed copies of their borough-based tomes. Plus, lead sponsor Oscar provided information on health-insurance plans in anticipation of ObamaCare’s February 15 filing deadline.
Seen just before cutting the birthday cake are (from left) Vivian Carter, QEDC Board Member Gail A. Roseman, Andrea Lynn, Adrienne Onofri (in back), Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Meg Cotner, E-Space Consultant Kathrine Gregory, City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, QEDC Executive Director Seth Bornstein, and QEDC Board President Emily Lin. Photo Credit: QEDC.
Operated by the Queens Economic Development Corporation, the “E-Space” is a food-and-business incubator with a fully equipped commercial kitchen, workstations, and classrooms that entrepreneurs can rent at below-market rates as they build their businesses. A recent survey determined that the E-Space, which is located in Long Island City, has helped more than 450 small businesses, generated $5 million in revenue, and created more than 100 jobs since opening in 2011.
