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NoCo Community Kitchen is a licensed commissary kitchen serving local food producers and food makers.

NoCo's Incubator Program helps small food business entrepreneurs get started and be successful through business skills training and mentorship.

10/27/2026

Thinking about starting or scaling a food business? Before you scale up your first batch, work through these five things:

1️⃣ What you'll make. Narrow down your menu. One or two great products beat ten good ones.

2️⃣ Where you'll sell. Farmers markets, wholesale, events, and online each come with different requirements. Not sure what those are? Just ask!

3️⃣ Which license you need. The license you apply for depends on your product and how you sell it. Yavapai County Community Health Services issues all licenses, but you'll usually need a commissary agreement from us first.

4️⃣ Where you'll make it. Your home kitchen may work at first, but many products and sales channels require a licensed commercial kitchen.

5️⃣ What it really costs. Ingredients are only part of the costs involved in a food business. Count packaging, labels, kitchen time, permits, and your own labor too.

Every food business at NoCo once had these same questions. Have one we can help with? Email our Kitchen Manager at [email protected].

10/25/2026

Let's talk numbers, because we believe in being transparent.

NoCo Community Kitchen plans are built around a monthly base plus an hourly rate for the time you book:

➡️Mobile Food Unit plans start at $100 a month plus $25 an hour booked
➡️Prep Space is $100 a month plus $25 an hour booked
➡️Full Kitchen is $200 a month plus $25 an hour booked
➡️And our anchor plans lower your hourly rate in exchange for consistency

Every plan comes with one unit of cold or dry storage. Need more? Additional storage starts at $25 a month (for dry and cold storage and $50 a month for freezer space).

Ultimately, we want to help you succeed. Let's talk about what using our kitchen looks like for you.

Email our Kitchen Manager at [email protected]

10/22/2026

That Saturday cup of coffee you look forward to? It starts here, at NoCo Community Kitchen.

Connect Coffee is one of the food businesses that calls our kitchen home base, prepping and working out of our licensed space before you ever see them at Prescott Farmers Market.

When you support a local food business, you are supporting the whole system that helps it run. We love being a part of that.

See Connect Coffee at the market most Saturdays!

Connect Coffee Co. Prescott Farmers Market

10/16/2026

The comment we hear most on kitchen tours? "It's so clean!"

And they're 100% correct!

Our kitchen members take real care to clean after every single use.

And once a month, we bring in the commercial crew at Maid to Order for a full deep clean.

A clean kitchen is a safe kitchen, and it is one more way we look out for the businesses that call NoCo home.

Thank you, Prescott Maid to Order LLC , for all your hard work. And cheers to our kitchen members who do all the day-to-day work.

10/13/2026

"I only need the kitchen once. Can I still use it?"

Yes. While most of our kitchen members are long-term, monthly renters, one-time users are welcome at NoCo. Two things to plan for:

1. You will need to be licensed in Yavapai County

2. You will need to complete an orientation with our Kitchen Manager before your first booking

Both take a little lead time, so reach out well ahead of your event. The sooner we hear from you, the smoother it goes. Fill out our inquiry form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-2RKcBIP81oFUIbRJM1xUVChSmMBSN_WT7Jajl55SXmdQEQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=110857620841047998611

10/09/2026

Think a food truck is a whole kitchen on wheels? Not quite.

Most trucks are required by the county health department to work out of a commissary kitchen, and for good reason. Here is how our food truck users put NoCo to work:

✅ Storage required under their license
✅ Prepping vegetables and pre-cooking meat ahead of service
✅ Washing up in our large three-compartment sink
✅ Unlimited access to ice from our 500-pound ice bin

The truck handles service, and the commissary handles the rest.

Food truck owner without a home base? Time to get legal! Fill out our inquiry form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-2RKcBIP81oFUIbRJM1xUVChSmMBSN_WT7Jajl55SXmdQEQ/viewform?usp=header

Be sure to visit and many of our other food truck kitchen members at The Yard at 214 N. Montezuma St.

10/07/2026

NoCo Community Kitchen is looking for its next leader!

As a program of Prescott Farmers Market, this shared commercial kitchen space serves small food entrepreneurs and is rooted in community and collaboration over competition. The Kitchen Program Manager oversees all day-to-day operations of NoCo Community Kitchen, including facility management, small business recruitment, onboarding, support and compliance, and program administration.

The successful applicant:

> is highly organized
> has experience building or running a small > business (finances included!)
> desires to support and celebrate local food businesses
> truly cares about people and building and maintaining relationships in the community

If this is you, send email us a resume and cover letter. See the instructions in the posting: https://prescottfarmersmarket.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-Kitchen-Manager-job-description.pdf. We look forward to growing our team!

Know someone who'd be perfect for this? Tag them below. 👇

09/29/2026

Running a food business is hard when you have nowhere to put the food.

If you need commercial space to hold cold or dry storage, NoCo has you covered.

Every monthly plan comes with a unit of cold or dry storage, with more available as you grow.

Room to hold it, room to make it. And plenty of room for growth. That's the point: Space for you to grow.

09/23/2026

One of the first questions we hear: "Do I need my own license to use the kitchen?"

Short answer, yes. Here is how it works.

NoCo is home to more than 25 food businesses, each running independently.

We provide the house. You bring the expertise and your own license.

Which license you need depends on the type of business you run, and we are happy to point you in the right direction.

Questions? Email our Kitchen Manager at [email protected].

09/17/2026

We're not just a kitchen for monthly members. We work with community partners to help them educate the public and meet their goals.

This week, UA Cooperative Extension used NoCo Community Kitchen to host a two-day class, giving participants hands-on training in a professional kitchen space.

Partnerships like this are what make NoCo more than a rental facility. It's a shared resource for food education across our community.

Interested in bringing your organization's training to NoCo? Reach out to talk about partnering with us.

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

Address

216 N Cortez
Prescott, AZ
86301

Telephone

+19284584163

Website

https://prescottfarmersmarket.org/noco-community-kitchen/

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