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Special Announcement: The Workforce Development, Entrepreneur & College Preparatory Program at 540WMain

June 15, 2016 — 1 Comment

Dear Readers,

What an exciting time to be alive! Our hearts are full of joy and gratitude for literally EVERY single piece of this LIFE. The happy. The sad. The good and the bad; all of it is the reason  (WE) are here and hopefully finding ways every day to overtake the evil with good. With that, we are pleased to announce more positive actions taking place with the official announcement of The Workforce Development, Entrepreneur & College Preparatory Program at 540WMain

  We are pleased to formally  announce The Workforce Development, Entrepreneur & College Preparatory Program at 540WMain

This unique summer internship has truly been a labor of love and has been made possible in part due to a very special partnership between 540WMain; Rochester first events and education center, Rochester Works for Youth and their Summer Youth Employment Program.

Beginning July 11, 2016 four Rochester interns will embark on a 6-week career focused educational and entrepreneur development internship. The internship provides workforce development training through experiential learning experiences, seminars, workshops, and event planning. Interns will collaborate as a team to co-develop, co-design, and co-lead a series of community based projects (called courses) where they will be learning and developing new organizational management, accounting, business, culinary, communication and leadership, skills all aimed to prepare them for college and beyond.

Hands on learning, coupled with mindful (practice) college level styled educational seminars or “courses” will give the interns a taste of college academia and rigor. Work sessions will combine vocational styled training and college level instruction all modeled after a college level independent study co-op . Students will co-design, co-operate, and co-direct each and every component of the community projects all while learning effective communication, collaboration, and team building skills.

Students will keep daily reflection journals and learn how to be metacognitive learners, thinkers, and leaders. By the close of the summer interns will develop a college or job ready resume, start or continue their college search and application process, as well as a personal workforce development and education binder to use in the field.

Additionally all interns will have lifetime access to:

Educational classes, enrichment, tutoring, business consultation, college application assistance, volunteer opportunities, events, classes, workshops and more at 540WMain, free of charge.

The program is directed, designed, and lead by master educator and our Editor in Chief theglutenfreechef, Calvin Eaton along with a consortium of community partners, teachers, and special guests.

This year’s cohort is made up of four supremely athletic, very accomplished, very driven, and very talented young women and men. 

We are thrilled to announce this one of a kind program and cannot wait to begin work with this accomplished cohort of interns.

Together We Grow,

The Editors

To learn more about 540WMain visit www.540westmain.org

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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

Announcing The Brand New Visual Blog | at home w/theglutenfreechef

March 26, 2016 — 1 Comment

theglutenfreechef finally has a home and a headquarters for theglutenfreechefblog Omnimedia, LLC.

It’s official. theglutenfreechef finally has a home and a headquarters for theglutenfreechefblog Omnimedia, LLC. Of course, I wouldn’t have it any other way but ambitious & A+mazing to add to my already full list of prosperous projects. I’ve long dreamed to live and work in the same Rochester space and finally my vision (and dream) has become a reality. This project will be a true labor of love since my new home exists in Rochester’s landmark historical Susan B. Anthony District and is also recognized in the National Register of Historic Places.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Fate brought me to this district and destiny has allowed me to prosper in a time and place that is undergoing tremendous transformation. March is National Women’s History Month and my new home and office sits directly across the street from the Fredrick Douglass Resource Center, around the corner from the Susan B. Anthony House & Museum, and literally a stones throw away from Madison Street Square Park.

I am thrilled to share this piece of my life through this visual (extension) blog. Visit the at home page to follow the restoration work in real time .I’ll also have LIVE Facebook telecasts and webisodes showing me putting in the “work.

I’ll also have LIVE Facebook telecasts and webisodes showing me putting in the work

A picture (or in this case thousands of pictures) is so much better than any words I could ever express. So as a taste & teaser I give you THE BEGINNING.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources. To learn more click here