Carper visits Milford food bank facility
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper took a walking tour of the new Food Bank of Delaware location Sept. 1, as it nears completion in Milford.
The 67,000-square-foot, $34 million facility is expected to be finished in the fall, with operations formally beginning in January. Part of Carper’s reason for visiting was because some of the funding for the facility was provided through the federal American Rescue Plan Act, a 2021 bill intended to speed up the recovery of the American economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which Carper supported and voted in favor of. All in all, the Food Bank received $13 million from the act, $6 million of which went to building construction and the rest toward purchasing food.
Ryan Mavity covers Milton and the court system. He is married to Rachel Swick Mavity and has two kids, Alex and Jane. Ryan started with the Cape Gazette all the way back in February 2007, previously covering the City of Rehoboth Beach. A native of Easton, Md. and graduate of Towson University, Ryan enjoys watching the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Capitals and Baltimore Orioles in his spare time.
