Craft Food and Beverage Space Sharing Project

This project is designed to support the local food sector in Squamish, which is one of the hardest-hit sectors from COVID-19. Many businesses have been forced to close for several months, and travel restrictions have limited the number of visitors to our region, further reducing revenues.

To support businesses in adapting to the pandemic, this project aims to facilitate ways for businesses to reduce costs and/or generate additional revenues, by creating a platform for businesses to share resources and assets locally.

The goal of the project is to research, conceptualize, and design a simple, self-serve tool that allows local food entrepreneurs to find commercial kitchen, refrigeration, and ingredient/equipment storage space at an affordable cost. Simultaneously, a key project goal is to support local food and beverage establishments in generating additional revenue, by offering a platform where they can quickly and easily advertise their un-used space and other assets for rent.

The goal of this project is to design a tool that’s optimized for users, including the research, user-centered design process, specifications development, and prototypes.

Faculty Supervisor:

Vivien Anayian

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Partner:

District of Squamish

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Capilano University

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