A Community Support Center board member announced a fundraising partnership with a local restaurant and encouraged voter participation during public comment at the Oct. 13 council meeting.

Jen LeClaire, who said she serves on the board of the Community Support Center (the city’s local food pantry), asked residents to dine at the Blueberry Cafe on Wednesday, Oct. 22, because "10% of all that you spend at the Blueberry Cafe in dine in meals will go to our local food pantry." She asked residents to consider eating at the cafe to support the pantry.

LeClaire also reminded residents that early voting had begun at the Greene County Board of Elections office in Xenia and that election day for local ballots is Nov. 4. She gave basic options for voting — vote by mail (with a written application), early in-person voting, or voting on Nov. 4 — and directed listeners to vote411.org for more information.

Those remarks were delivered during the public-comment portion of the council meeting; the council did not act on the announcement.