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The First Food Truck Enterprise Program Winners

Brightline in partnership with Miami Dade College and the Neighbors & Neighbors Association (NANA), have announced the winners of its first food truck enterprise program: Tywanda DuPont, Clarence Davis, and Nancy Guerrier. In September 2021, Miami Dade College and NANA launched a semester-long program that offered minority business owners in underserved communities the opportunity to compete to purchase or lease a food truck, complete with start-up funding. The 14-week initiative prepared 17 competing participants on how to open and operate a food truck business. 

To celebrate the completion of this program, the winners unveiled their food truck concepts during a Taste & See at Brightline’s MiamiCentral station. The event provided each chef with an opportunity to highlight the inspiration behind their food truck concepts and experience of the program. In addition to Brightline’s donation of free parking spaces for the food trucks at the MiamiCentral train station, NANA has provided inventory and licenses for the award recipients.

“Brightline is committed to supporting our local communities, like Historic Overtown, through advancement opportunities for entrepreneurs who live and work here,’’ said Patrick Goddard, president of Brightline. “We are excited to taste the concepts created by these budding local culinary stars and cheer their future success.” 

The three winners’ culinary concepts are Ty’s Hometown Café & Bistro Food Truck, 13 Pirates Eat, and ZOEMANGetItandGo. 

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