03-03-2025
Central Texas Food Bank to break ground on Waco facility
WACO, Texas (FOX 44) – The Central Texas Food Bank (CTFB) will host a groundbreaking ceremony at its new Waco distribution facility on Tuesday.
The planned 64,000 square foot facility located at 1402 Gholson Road will serve as a northern territory distribution center positioning CTFB services 100 miles closer from its main headquarters in Austin. The event will take place at 11 a.m.
CTFB President and CEO Sari M. Vatske, City of Waco Mayor Jim Holmes and District One Councilmember Andrea Barefield are expected to attend the groundbreaking ceremony.
The CTFB says the Waco facility will house a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen for hot meal preparation for afterschool meals for children, culinary training programs for workforce development, an on-site pantry giving neighbors in need immediate access to food, a community garden and a warehouse for rapid food inspection, sorting and distribution.
Recent data estimates through CTFB's Food Access Convening Tool (FACT) revealed that neighbors in the nine northern counties of its 21-county service territory Bell, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Lampasas, Limestone, Mills, McLennan, and San Saba face a 19.5 percent food insecurity rate, compared to 15.4 percent in southern counties, disproportionately affecting seniors, children and caregivers. More than 157,000 Heart of Texas Region neighbors overall struggle to find their next meal including one in four children.
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