GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Inside Kzoo Station, a new incubator kitchen launching in Grand Rapids’ Boston Square Business District, Jeanetta Hudnell talks enthusiastically about the business she hopes to build there.
The grandmother, who lives a half-mile from the Southeast Side kitchen, started pickling vegetables during the COVID-19 pandemic and giving them to friends and family to layer on hot dogs, sandwiches and charcuterie boards. After going through an entrepreneurship program hosted by Spring GR, she decided to take her hobby to the next level and launch Papa’s Peppers.
“I get to take my idea and it comes to life,” said Hudnell, who plans to rent space at the incubator kitchen to get Papa’s Peppers up and running.
Papa’s Peppers is one example of the type of businesses Spring GR and community development group Amplify GR are looking to foster at Kzoo Station. The two…
