Date for El Paso Food Bank Construction Project Not Certain

Plans are still very much in the formative stage for the construction of a new and extensive kitchen facility that will be a part of a busy El Paso food bank.

Located in a one-story building at 9541 Plaza Circle, the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank is the only such operating food bank in El Paso and is also a part of Feeding America, the largest hunger relief network in the country.

It is thought that it will cost at least $1.5 million to build the kitchen.

But according to various reports, while federal funding has been secured by the City of El Paso for the project, it has not yet been directly awarded to the food bank.

Earlier this year it was reported that the funding was being held up due to a federal requirement stipulating that the food bank’s records must be digitized.

Since then officials with both the food bank and the City of El Paso have been working to resolve the issue.

For all of that, a schedule for when work will begin on the new kitchen has yet to be announced.

Last year the group provided food to more than 60,000 families.

​By Garry Boulard

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