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Community Development Project 2000 asks Gadsden City Council to continue support for golf fundraiser, breadbasket plan
Summary
Leaders of Community Development Project 2000 told the Gadsden City Council they need continued sponsorships for an annual golf fundraiser and city approval for an architectural plan for a proposed 10,000-square-foot "breadbasket" facility that will centralize food, clothing and social services.
John Reed and Pastor Simmons asked the Gadsden City Council on June 3 to continue supporting Community Development Project 2000(CDP 2000) fundraising and to approve plans for a proposed service center they call the "breadbasket." The group seeks sponsorships for an annual golf tournament that Reed said is the organization—s major fundraiser and asked council members to consider discretionary funds or team/hole sponsorships.
The request matters because CDP 2000 provides food, clothing and other services to people the presenters described as underserved. John Reed said the organization fed about 7,000 meals from October to May and serves roughly 200 families per month; he also said CDP 2000 has worked with people reentering from incarceration over the last 20 years and that the program has a high success rate. Pastor Simmons described a vision for a 10,000-square-foot facility at East Broad and Hoke…
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