Topic: Start-up Assistance This powerful 2-day event will put plans in gear for food truck dreamers! Join fellow planners, owners and industry experts for real talk, tools and connections and build a safe, legal, and profitable business. Empowering Mountain Food Systems and A-B Tech Community College’s Small Business Center, with support from the Dogwood Health Foundation, are lining up a rich collaboration to immerse attendees in the financial, regulatory and culinary aspects of mobile food business entrepreneurship. Attendees from the EMFS service area, who are present for the full 2-day event, will be eligible for complimentary counseling (valued at $200), from Dani Black, to implement what they’ve learned into their business planning. A special thank you to our service sponsors: A-B Tech Culinary Arts Buncombe County Environmental Health Western NC Foodworks Bigger Table Culinary & Service Consulting Speaker(s): Dani Black, Consultant, Owner, Bigger Tables Culinary and Service Consulting Walter Rapetski, Chef, Food Entrepreneur, and Instructor Co-Sponsor(s): Dogwood Health Foundation Fee: No Cost