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DESCRIPTION:CHRIS BAILEY Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center Ch
ris is the manager of a new 33\,000-square-foot manufacturing and teaching
facility aims to help entrepreneurs develop marketable food products. Ch
ris understands the value of food\, in part from growing up while his moth
er and aunt ran a Thai restaurant in Waipahu. And he spent time working in
the industry in Portland while studying business at Lewis & Clark College
\, and after. He understands the impact that is made when more value is
added to the food that Hawai‘i’s farmers produce. The Center had ed
ucation for entrepreneurs\, assists farmers when their crops are abundant
or don't meet the criteria for distribution. Additionally\, per Chris\,
the center includes equipment for manufacturing that startups otherwise c
ould not easily access. This also includes food-processing and packaging
spaces\, refrigerated storage and a high-pressure processing system that
preserves taste and color while creating products with longer shelf lives.
Join us to learn more about this facinating business and how it helps our
community! If you would like to know more\, please click the links belo
w: Wahiawa VAPDC - Leeward Community College 20 for the Next 20: Chris B
ailey\, Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center - Hawaii Business
Magazine Walk-ins welcome! We welcome walk-ins and know some of you don'
t know if you can make it until the last minute. Please join us! Regis
tration closes 24 hours prior to the event. Walk-in rate is $50. Can
't attend in person? We have the technology! If you cannot attend in perso
n\, please plan to attend via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/441754
8335?pwd=eWFoNkVqaFBCSVF2S1YyTklONHJ3dz09 Meeting ID: 441 754 8335 Passcod
e: Rotary22
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LOCATION:Outrigger Canoe Club
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SUMMARY:2024.12.10 Hybrid Lunch Mtg - Chris Bailey
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uring and teaching facility aims to help entrepreneurs develop marketable
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t ran a Thai restaurant in Waipahu. And he spent time working in the indus
try in Portland while studying business at Lewis &\; Clark College\, an
d after. \; \;He understands the impact that is made when more val
ue is added to the food that Hawai&lsquo\;i&rsquo\;s farmers produce.
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9\;t meet the criteria for distribution. \; Additionally\, per Chris\,
the \;center includes equipm
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p\; This also includes food-processing and packaging spaces\, refrigerated
storage and a high-pressure processing system that preserves taste and co
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Join us to learn more about this facinating busine
ss and how it helps our community! \;
\n\nIf you would like to know more\, please click the links below: \
;
\n\nWahiawa VAPDC - Leeward Community College
\n\n20 for
the Next 20: Chris Bailey\, Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Cent
er - Hawaii Business Magazine
\n\nWalk-ins welcome! \;We welcome walk-ins and know some of you don'\;t know if you
can make it until the last minute. \; Please join us! \; Registrat
ion closes 24 hours prior to the event. \;Walk-in rate is $50. \;
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\n\nCan'\;t attend in person?
\n\nWe have the technology!
If you cannot attend in person\, please plan to attend via Zoom. \;&nb
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