Umphathi weRestaurant ye Hlanganisa 55, uMolly Reynolds, wathi kumakhasimende angakwazi ukukhokha okungenani amaRandi angu-2 ngokudla kwawo, “angavolontiya isigamu sehora. Futhi uma ungakwazi ukwenza okunye kwalokho, sikunikeza ivawusha yokudla.” Cishe ukudla okungu-60% phakathi nosuku kwehliswa noma kumahhala. Ebusuku, ithimba liguqula ihholo lokudlela libe indawo yokudlela esezingeni eliphezulu enemenyu ejikelezayo ekhethwe abapheki bendawo, ebhala phansi izindleko zohlelo lwabo lwasemini.
I-Gather 55 iwuhlelo lwe Siyabonga Hartford, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo esebenzela labo abanenselelo enkulu yezomnotho ezindaweni zokudla, izindlu nempilo iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50. Iphinde ibe ngomunye wabafundi abangu-25 baseMelika kulo nyaka Isekela uhlelo lwesibonelelo sezindawo zokudlela ezincane ezinomlando, uhlelo oluvela ku-American Express kanye ne-National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Onyakeni walo wesithathu, lolu hlelo luklomelisa umamukeli ngamunye u-$40,000 - ngokuhlangene u-$1 million wemali yesibonelelo - ukubasiza bathuthukise indawo yebhizinisi yabo futhi basekele izindleko zokusebenza ezibalulekile ngenhloso yokusiza zokudla benze umthelela omuhle nakakhulu emiphakathini yabo. Abamukeli besibonelelo sikahulumeni bathatha izifunda ezingu-20 kanye neSifunda Sase-Columbia, futhi kunezindawo zokudlela ezinomlando ezithola lesi sibonelelo kwezingu-11 zalezo zifundazwe okokuqala ngqa.
"Noma ngabe uza kithi njengesidlo sakusihlwa noma njengomenzi, okuyivolontiya, siyakwamukela."
UMolly Reynolds wengeze wathi: “Sidinga abaxhasi bethu, futhi. Benza le modeli yokusiza abanye isebenze!” UChef Tyler Anderson, oqanjwe ngu-Connecticut Chef of the Year futhi owafinyelela kowamanqamu ngesizini 15 yeTop Chef, ungumeluleki oyinhloko wezokupheka.
Njengoba nje i-American Express isebenzela ukuxhasa ozakwabo, amakhasimende kanye nemiphakathi, abaphathi be-Gather 55, indawo yokudlela ekhokhelwayo ehlukile eHartford, Connecticut, bathi bagxile ngendlela efanayo emphakathini wabo “wabadlayo, abanikelayo. , nabenzi.”
“Izindawo zokudlela ezifana ne-Gather55 zine- umphumela omuhle we-ripple emphakathini wabo wendawo. Kungakho sinentshisekelo yokweseka amabhizinisi amancane futhi sasungula izinhlelo ezimbalwa zesibonelelo se-“Backing Small” ukuze siwasize akhule futhi andise umthelela wawo,” kusho uMadge Thomas, uMongameli we-American Express Foundation kanye neNhloko yeCorporate Sustainability, American Express.
Ithimba le-Gather 55 lifuna isakhiwo salo esidala se-warehouse sibukeke njengendawo yokudlela yesintu, futhi imali yesibonelelo izobasiza bafinyelele lowo mbono. “Siyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo ehlinzeka kakhulu kunezinkonzo zokudla kuphela. Ukuba nenhlangano efana ne-American Express, ezimisele ngempela ukweseka umphakathi, njengozakwethu kulo msebenzi, kwenza konke kwenzeke,” kusho uKate Shafer, uMqondisi we-Partnerships and Support, i-Hands On Hartford.
