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Little Elm Area Food Bank asks town to help recoup renovation costs after move to Colin Powell Community Center
Summary
Executive director Joseph Bradley told the Town Council the food bank's monthly clients rose 73% year over year after moving to the Colin Powell Community Center, and asked the town to help cover renovation costs and fund part-time staff to sustain expanded services.
Joseph Bradley, executive director of the Little Elm Area Food Bank, asked the Little Elm Town Council on March 17 to help the charity recoup renovation costs and consider funding for part-time staff after the food bank's recent move to the Colin Powell Community Center.
Bradley said the food bank relocated from 501 Bill Street and opened at the Colin Powell Community Center on Feb. 9. The new site provides roughly four times the space of the previous location and allowed the organization to serve 54 families on its first day there, he said.
"Since we've been there a little over a…
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