A school kitchen in Littleton is about to get a second career. The Littleton Public Schools Foundation announced that it has secured more than $230,000 to remodel the existing kitchen at the East Community Center into a commercial, shared-use community kitchen. Renovations are scheduled during the 2026-27 school year, and the new kitchen is set to open in spring 2027.
What a shared kitchen is for
- Family programming and nutrition education.
- Culinary training and career pathways.
- Support for local food entrepreneurs.
The Foundation credits community foundations and individual donors for the money, without naming them, and it has not published a total project cost or an exact opening date. The East Community Center is at 5933 S. Fairfield St. in Littleton. There is no kitchen-specific appeal yet; the announcement carries the Foundation’s general donation link for anyone who wants to help.
It is the second Front Range story in a week about schools and kitchens doing double duty: in Longmont, high school culinary students start cooking free Friday dinners for seniors on Oct. 2.
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Source: Littleton Public Schools Foundation newsroom. Verified Sept. 30, 2026.
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