Board approves food shelf grant, Local Road Improvement Projects resolutions
St. James Plaindealer
At Tuesday's Watonwan County Board meeting, the board approved a grant for the remodeling of the new Watonwan County Food Shelf and multiple resolutions for Local Road Improvement Projects (LRIP).
The Watonwan County Food Shelf was able to purchase Mayberry Lanes through a grant, but work is needed inside of the former bowling alley. The current space for the food shelf is inside the Watonwan County Resource Center and is only 600 square feet. The new facility will be 6,000 square feet.
"Right now, people feel as though they don't even know where we're at," said Watonwan County Food Shelf Director Katherine Petty. "We typically see 75-80 families a month and we do expect with being more in the open that we will probably see an increase in families."