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Local nonprofit presents plan to convert vacant building into Impact Center to tackle food insecurity
Summary
Impact Seminole presenters told the council they have acquired an 11,500 sq ft building and raised roughly $4 million to create a community Impact Center with a food pantry, education and workforce spaces, and a commercial kitchen; they asked the city to stay engaged as fundraising and coalition-building continue.
Dana Miller, a councilmember who has been leading neighborhood outreach, described post-tornado door-to-door visits that revealed longstanding food insecurity and prompted community organizing. “I spoke to an elderly couple who were more worried about medicine going bad than having food,” Miller said, recounting conversations that led to the project.
The presentation that followed was led by Tyler and Jenna, who said Impact Seminole has acquired the building for about $300,000 and has raised roughly $4 million toward renovation. Jenna, identified in…
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