Dougherty County Food Bank and Feeding the Valley Foodbank receive DCA CDBG-CV Award for $3,685,864.00
The Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) grant request for the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners and Feeding the Valley Food Bank has been approved by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for $3,685,864.00.
The grant funds will serve to benefit the residents of Dougherty County and other counties in region 10. The grant will address food shortages and food insecurities that families faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and that continue today. Feeding the Valley (FTV) Food Bank will relocate from its current site on 301 South Slappey Blvd., Albany, Georgia to another site that meets the community's current needs and addresses the challenges faced at the current location. The County will relocate the Food Bank to 1706 Ledo Road, Albany Georgia. The 3.5-acre building's current design works perfectly for the food banks model. The building is 35,018 square feet and has 28 foot ceilings in warehouse space that will allow a five-level racking system to provide storage capacity of over 3 million pounds of food product. Refrigeration and freezer space of over 300 pallet spots that will allow for increase capacity for fresh produce and meats.
The project will serve 35,822 low to moderate income persons and will benefit a total of 35,822 of residents in Dougherty, Calhoun, Lee, and Terrell counties.
Feeding the Valley (FTV) Food Bank is committing $1,198,622 toward the purchase of the property and $30,000 for furnishing the building.
Brenda Wade
Grant Administration Manager
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