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Broadview food-pantry director urges mayor to meet about relocation; mayor says calendar limits meeting but offers future discussion
Summary
At the Broadview board meeting, Judy Brown Marino, director of the Broadview Food Pantry, said the pantry must relocate after its host congregation decided to dissolve and asked Mayor Katrina Thompson for a meeting; Thompson said she had not received outreach, affirmed prior support for pantries and offered a meeting when her schedule permits.
Judy Brown Marino, director of the Broadview Food Pantry, told the Village of Broadview board she has tried for almost two months to meet with Mayor Katrina Thompson to discuss relocating the pantry after its host congregation voted to dissolve. "We serve between 75 and a 110 families per week," Marino said, adding that most clients and many volunteers walk to the current location inside Community Presbyterian Church.
The pantry was started in 1995 by Bob Payne and moved to…
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