HSHM to renovate food co-op after receiving $75,000 grant

Posted on February 25, 2021
The Bread For Life Food Co-op is located at 303 East Oakland in Bloomington. (Facebook/Home Sweet Home Ministries)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – The food co-op at Home Sweet Home Ministries in Bloomington will be getting a new look

HSHM received a $75,000 grant from the John M. Scott Care Commission, according to CEO Matt Burgess. The money will help the organization renovate the current Bread For Life Food Co-op at 303 East Oakland.

“We are moving our co-op from the basement of the shelter into the back half of what use to be our mission mart store,” Burgess told WJBC’s Marc Strauss.

Burgess said the expansion will help provide more space, better visibility, and easier access for co-op members.

The Bloomington City Council, as trustee of the Scott Trust, approved the award. Judge John M. Scott was a contemporary of Abraham Lincoln and served on the Illinois Supreme Court.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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