Student government owned food truck 
 as a community economic engine for 
 growth.                                            University provides 
 Student government as                              AmeriCorps cost 
 grant writer                                       sharing 
                                                    University provides living 
    Write grants for truck; promise to 
                                                       stipend in the form of a 
       use cash flow to grow the                       grant of free student housing 
       business, pay scholarships, pay a               to a need based student who 
       living wage to all food truck                   is a food truck employee or 
       employees with the free capital of              AmeriCorps volunteer.
       the truck.                                   Student is allowed the 
    Student government will hire                      difference in cost of 
       employees who are veteran,Hud                   attendance as a financial aid 
       zone, Michigan                                  refund.
       works,DHS,student need based                 University provides parking 
       and disabled.                                   lots and sidewalk and lawn 
                                                       space to student 
                                                       government owned and 
        2     (C) S T Rappolee 2013                    partnered food trucks.
 Tax and training incentives                  AmeriCorps contributions
      The food truck will receive tax 
        payments from the IRS as an 
        incentive for employing the            http://
        above groups.                            www.nationalservice.gov/
      The food truck will receive               programs/americorps/amer
        Michigan works job training              icorps-vista/sponsor-vis
        funds.                                   ta-project
                                               AmeriCorps is looking for 
      The food truck business shall             project sustainability; 
        receive assistance from the              food truck cash flows and 
        Michigan disability commission           employee and student 
        for employing disabled owners            enthusiasm should 
       3                                         provide this.
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                                               Students are our 
                                                 customers!
   Business plan
       Community foundations pay the costs of 5 food trucks over ten 
          years based on performance and AmeriCorps and student 
          government and university partners.
       Student government pledges to use the enhanced cash flow 
          from the free food trucks  to (A) expand the business(B) employ 
          needs based students and members of the community identified 
          through community engagement(C) use cash flow for 
          scholarships(D)pay a living wage to all food truck 
          employees(E)Student government pledges to “let go” of 
          ownership to partial and full ownership of food trucks over a 
          period of time to employee owners and to,(F)use the sale 
          proceeds from sold food trucks to expand this 
          student/community project.
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           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_jA-RQ9GE
           http://
             www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7wMiiz9JVA&feature=youtu.
             be&src_vid=oanIjMMQ3jk&feature=iv&annotation_id=an
             notation_3081967689
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1PrV3jtrnM
           Lansing!    
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XhelxwsPKc
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          Flint food truck court partners 
          with farmers market
           What I have been looking for, a food truck farmers 
             market synergy! And its local
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duf-34ng6i0
           University Michigan  may not want to cooperate with us, 
             seeing us as competition or a threat to their bureaucracy 
             so the farmers market is not that far away
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