Artists Among Us
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | March 27th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
This just in from street food enthusiast Jim Monroy who used the Kogi truck template to create a miniature version of the real deal
And an equally cute poster forwarded to us by food street maven and chic cyclist (sometimes tricyclist) Hayley Richardson at the end of the rally/picnic at the Sweet Auburn curb market.
Meet the Atlanta Street Food Coalition!
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | March 8th, 2010 | Filed under Carts, News
Hayley Richardson
Hayley Richardson, a slip of a girl whose various interests include city planning, renegade gardening, and healthy food, has rallied a group of people some of of whom are very close to rolling out their own food carts and trucks and founded an organization that campaigns for safe, affordable, and legal access to street food in Atlanta, Georgia, and the surrounding metro area, by:
- gathering vendors, businesspeople, street food enthusiasts, and other concerned citizens to create a movement for positive change in Atlanta’s mobile food system;
- persuading local and state lawmakers to revise current restrictive vending ordinances that hinder the proliferation of street food culture, and to implement instead a regulatory system that encourages sidewalk and roadway entrepreneurship;
- fostering positive relations between street vendors and the residents and businesses of the communities they serve;
- educating and creating awareness of the integral role street vendors could play in rejuvenating the life and economy of Atlanta through the creation of viable business opportunities and jobs for Atlantans;
- facilitating a thriving urban street food scene that brings casual, affordable, delicious food options to Atlanta’s streets, fosters connectivity between residents and promotes the city itself as a food culture destination.
Look at the cute Artichoke Bliss cart she hopes to deploy, follow the coalition on Facebook, and sign our joint petition to get the ball rolling.
