Shared‑use kitchen at Dream City helping vendors but county rules limit simultaneous users

Apr 20, 2026

Council members heard that Dream City's commercial kitchen is active, that Dream City helped a vendor with licensing, and that Johnson County rules currently allow only one entrepreneur to operate in the shared kitchen at a time.

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During the Dream City presentation and Q&A, Lakeisha Jackson described how Dream City’s commercial kitchen functions as a resource for local food entrepreneurs and said Dream City provides referrals to training partners and helped a vendor, Russell Taylor, with parts of the licensing process. “Oh, we actually supported Russell in that process,” Jackson said.

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