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Special Announcement | 540WMain’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

June 6, 2016 — 3 Comments

540WMain is Rochester’s first ever Community Event & Education Center located in the heart of the National Register Susan B. Anthony District

For Immediate Release: June 6, 2016
Official Ribbon Cutting for New Organization: 540WMain
Date: Monday June 13, 2016
Time: 11-12 PM
Location: 540 West Main Street | Rochester, NY 14608
Contact: Calvin Eaton at asktheglutenfreechef@gmail.com or 585-732-0002

Eleanor Coleman of ProsperRochester, Inc will officiate the official ribbon cutting ceremony for 540WMain on Monday June 13, 2016 from 11-12PM in honor of Juneteenth.

Founded in May 2016 by entrepreneur and master educator Calvin Eaton (theglutenfreechef), 540WMain is a community event and education center vested in up-building, uplifting, and improving the National Register Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood, its residents, and Greater Rochester. The organization resides in a building that has been beautifully restored by long time resident, business owner, and women’s rights activist Barbara Hoffman with assistance from the City of Rochester. 540WMain is the third incubated small business of the not-for-profit organization ProsperRochester, Inc.
Calvin Eaton at 540WMain will curate and design a myriad of services, programs, and workshops that include:

  • Historical walking tours
  • Five spaces that can be rented out by the community including a dedicated gluten free commercial kitchen
  • Gluten free culinary classes, catering, consultations, and pop up food events
  • Academic tutoring, enrichment, and adult literacy
  • Career development, workforce development, and training

The center presents a unique opportunity for those living in the  Susan B. Anthony district and Greater Rochester. To learn more about gluten intolerance, celiac disease, events, and other educational programming provided by Mr. Eaton; visit theglutenfreechefblog.com as well as www.540westmain.org

Calvin Eaton
Founded theglutenfreechefblog.com in 2012, he is a leading community educator on  celiac disease and gluten free living. To learn more about gluten intolerance, celiac disease, events, and other educational programming provided by Mr. Eaton; visit theglutenfreechefblog.com as well as the brand new website for Mr. Eaton’s newly minted community event & education center 540WMain at www.540westmain.org