Lopez Food Center
Apr 4, 2024
The Lopez Food Center is an innovative, island-led effort to provide the critical infrastructure needed to strengthen and grow the local network of farms, food businesses and food organizations in San Juan County.
The proposed facility will offer spaces to strengthen the local food system with community services, a community kitchen, commercial and retail activities. The facility will be developed with a LEED certified energy-saving design on a 1.15-acre parcel on Weeks Road, west of the post office in Lopez Village.
The Lopez Food Center plans include:
- Distribution site for the San Juan Islands Food Hub
- Food business incubator retail space and support
- Community kitchen
- Food storage rental space
- Home for the LIFRC Food Share Program (food bank)
- Meeting space for Heart and Soul, a Recovery Cafe Program
- Classroom and pop-up venue
- Food Skills Training Program
- Parking for Food Trucks
The Lopez Food Center plans include:
- Distribution site for the San Juan Islands Food Hub
- Food business incubator retail space and support
- Community kitchen
- Food storage rental space
- Home for the LIFRC Food Share Program (food bank)
- Meeting space for Heart and Soul, a Recovery Cafe Program
- Classroom and pop-up venue
- Food Skills Training Program
- Parking for Food Trucks