Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank launches initiative to address food insecurity [Video]
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AKRON, Ohio — A dream is on its way to becoming a reality inside an extended part of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank Facility.

Crews broke ground on the project last October. Now, it’s on its way to being completed this fall.

“We started planning this project all the way back in 2015,” said Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank President and CEO Dan Flowers.

The building will stand as an important part of a multi-step three-year strategic plan the foodbank is working to implement.

“Our foodbank, food bankers, our investors, our neighbors and our communities, and we have specific plans rolling into operating plans to address all these five key areas,” said Flowers. ‘

Those components are a part of the foodbank’s “Deepen Our Impact” initiative, which aims to address the needs Flowers says staff and volunteers are still seeing three years after the pandemic.

“Inflation is at a high right now,” said …

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