During public announcements, Robbie Price, Campaign Chair, announced to the crowd that the campaign had already raised $1,707,142 surpassing the goal of $1.65 million needed to build phase one of the project.
Read MoreGriggs sees this park as an opportunity to bring something to the western part of Columbia that can rival the beauty of Stephens Lake Park."When this is done, there could be a really unique facility," Griggs said. "We see this as (a) gateway from the west."
Read MoreThe goals of this campaign are ambitious. They include educating children about food, improving the diets of everyone, revitalizing the west-central neighborhood and boosting local farms.
Read More"This grant will be to see what the community need is and what the desire for a kitchen is," said Billy Polansky,
Read More“The design is really intentional — they really thought about it,” said Tory Kassabaum, a regular at the farmers market who attended the informational meeting Wednesday. “What they are doing to turn the park into” a center focused on health and local farming “is really cool.”
Read More"We want to make sure we do it right. We want to make sure that what we’re proposing is well thought out."
Read MoreHuffington said he was expecting a positive response at the drop-in sessions. “We’re excited to hear what the public has to say.”
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