$10M GRANT AWARD ANNOUNCED TO BUILD NEW HUDSON VALLEY FOOD BANK HQ

The award to the Town of Montgomery was made through the Community Development Block Grant CARES program administered by New York State Homes and Community Renewal. Due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for food assistance across the Hudson Valley Region grew substantially and the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley outgrew its current facility. The new distribution warehouse will provide increased capacity to obtain, store, and distribute food donations to 400 member agencies in six counties in the lower Hudson Valley: Orange, Ulster, Dutchess, Sullivan, Rockland and Putnam. Molly Nicol, CEO of the Regional Food Bank And the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley said, “This is exciting news that will be a game-changer in our ability to serve the needs of those experiencing food insecurity in the Hudson Valley. We are grateful to the entire team who worked to make this happen.”