FeedMore WNY, the nonprofit regional food bank and meal-delivery service formed in a merger five years ago, is advancing its efforts to build a new consolidated headquarters and distribution center in Hamburg, as it received a $3 million federal grant on Thursday while it asks an affiliate of the town’s industrial development agency to issue up to $45 million in tax-exempt bond financing for the $100 million project.
FeedMore, created from the merger of the Food Bank of Western New York and Meals on Wheels for Western New York, is planning to construct a new 218,477-square foot facility at 4832 Camp Road to house its operations to provide meals for the needy.
The organization is relocating from its current bases at 100 James E. Casey Drive and 91 Holt St. in Buffalo because of “deteriorating conditions,” as well as “an inability to grow in place, significant increases in community need today, and long-term projections in need for the future that we will not be able to meet based on current operations,” according to its bond application to the Hamburg New York Land Development Corp.
U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy announced on Thursday that the nonprofit will receive $3 million in federal aid toward the construction, after securing the money as part of a government funding package that was passed by the House on Wednesday.
“I’m proud to secure $3 million for FeedMore WNY’s new building in Hamburg to give them the space they need to continue their important work and provide more food to those who need it,” Langworthy said in a news release.
The new campus will support the agency’s work of preparing 1.4 million meals annually for home…
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