It”™s just a rendering now, but Molly Nichol, CEO of the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, expects to see the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley”™s (FBHV) new 40,000-square-foot warehouse up and running in the town of Montgomery very soon. As a tireless advocate for those who struggle with food insecurity, Nichol has been working with the town Planning Board for nearly two years in anticipation of receiving state and federal grants.
Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced a $10.7 million award for the new building. An additional $1.9 million contribution to the Food Bank and $800,000 in private donations will be added to the grant and will help defray the cost of the six acres of land the new warehouse will be built on.
Food Bank of the Hudson Valley was established in 1990 to better serve the mid-Hudson region and has been operating out of a donated warehouse in Cornwall-on-Hudson since 1996. It collects and distributes food in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster counties for nearly 180,000 people in the Hudson Valley region who depend on local food pantries or faith-based organizations to help feed themselves and their families.
Food Bank of the Hudson Valley”™s new Montgomery location is expected to be completed and occupied within 18 months.
