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Wellfleet food pantry seeks lease of town land for permanent home adjacent to community center

3297267 · May 13, 2025
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Volunteers from the Wellfleet Food Pantry asked the committee to advance a bill authorizing the Wellfleet select board to lease town land so the pantry can build a permanent facility next to the Adult Community Center; testimony cited growing demand and that the pantry will fund construction and operations without town cost.

The Wellfleet Food Pantry asked the Joint Committee to report favorably on legislation (H2310) authorizing the Wellfleet select board to lease town property to the pantry so it can construct a permanent building adjacent to the Wellfleet Adult Community Center.

Cindy Batchelder, a volunteer and board member of the pantry, told the committee the pantry is a volunteer‑run 501(c)(3) operating under the Lower Cape…

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