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Tenino Community Service Center seeks zoning fix, grants to expand cold‑storage as demand soars
Summary
Community Service Center leaders told the council the food bank is 'busting at the seams' after a surge in demand and requested zoning corrections and staff help to qualify for state and federal grants to expand the cold storage facility and adjacent shop.
Representatives of the Tenino Community Service Center told the City Council on Oct. 22 that client demand has grown sharply and the center needs more storage and capacity to meet current need.
Pat Heller, who gave a history of the center, said the organization has expanded services since 2006 and that one month’s client count in recent September was described in the meeting as 5,384 individuals. Council and staff acknowledged the warehouse was built with a county grant and said the building’s…
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