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<p>New page: Off the Block, the frozen pizza made by teens in Mentoring Positives (2016–)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Off the Block&#039;&#039;&#039; is a frozen pizza, and a salsa, made and sold by teenagers in Mentoring Positives, a youth program in Madison&#039;s Darbo-Worthington neighborhood. Profits go back into the program&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-2018-10-31-pO18&quot;&gt;(2018, October 31). Trade Roots Culinary Collective: Devon Richards manages Off the Block Enterprises for Mentoring Positives, in which teens make and sell OTB brand salsa and pizzas, with profits going to Mentoring Positives&#039; programs. &#039;&#039;The Capital Times&#039;&#039;. p. O18. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/508042725/ 508042725].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Will Green founded Mentoring Positives in 2004&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-2018-05-16-pO16&quot;&gt;(2018, May 16). Mentoring Positives (founded 2004 by Will Green) receives a $175,000 grant; Off the Block salsa sold at Metcalfe&#039;s, the Willy Street Co-ops and the Regent Street Co-op; the group is working on Off the Block pizza and is a …. &#039;&#039;The Capital Times&#039;&#039;. p. O16. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/508048516/ 508048516].&lt;/ref&gt;. In summer 2016 teens in its program and in the PEOPLE program worked at the Goodman Community Center on a frozen pizza made from scratch, as a way to learn business and cooking skills&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-2017-01-04-pO30&quot;&gt;(2017, January 4). Year in food events: at Goodman Community Center, teens in the Mentoring Positives and PEOPLE programs developed a frozen pizza prototype in 2016, to be marketed as Off the Block pizza. &#039;&#039;The Capital Times&#039;&#039;. p. O30. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/516779207/ 516779207].&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-2017-08-02-pO10&quot;&gt;Pasque, L. S. (2017, August 2). &quot;Program behind Off the Block salsa looks to sell pizza at Public Market.&quot; &#039;&#039;The Capital Times&#039;&#039;. p. O10. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/516781208/ 516781208].&lt;/ref&gt;. The salsa came first to stores: by 2018 it was sold at Metcalfe&#039;s Markets and the Willy Street and Regent Street co-ops, and the group hoped to sell the pizza at the Madison Public Market&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-2018-05-16-pO16&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-2018-10-31-pO18&quot; /&gt;.<br /> <br /> By 2019 the program sold both products, salsa and frozen pizza, under the Off The Block name&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-2019-10-23-pO19&quot;&gt;(2019, October 23). Mentoring Positives&#039; 15th anniversary: it has created two products, salsa and frozen pizza, under the Off The Block brand. &#039;&#039;The Capital Times&#039;&#039;. p. O19. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/610763848/ 610763848].&lt;/ref&gt;. In December 2022 Mentoring Positives moved into its own space in the Ella Apartments, 2860 E. Washington Ave.&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-2022-12-21-pO16&quot;&gt;Garton, N. (2022, December 21). &quot;Will Green moves Mentoring Positives into its own space.&quot; &#039;&#039;The Capital Times&#039;&#039;. p. O16. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/906892069/ 906892069].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Frozen pizza]]<br /> * [[2010s (decade)]]<br /> * [[Item:Q3176|Off the Block in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;</div>

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