The Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative (DWCC) is opening a new restaurant with a big purpose — fostering connection.
Good Hood Community Kitchen is designed to offer low-cost meals while bringing people together in the heart of the city, while also serving as a venue for DWCC’s various programs.
“We’re going to give you something good and underneath that is the message — because you have value,” said Alex Song, the kitchen’s creator and a community developer with the DWCC.
Song said the plan is to open the restaurant the first week of October, serving breakfast and lunch before pivoting to host DWCC’s evening programs.
The Collective brings people together to offer supports as they work through trauma – offering programming for adults and youth.
“One thing we found over the years is that our programming usually ends up around a dinner table,” Song said.
The aim, according to Song, is …