Nonprofits buy former Atlanta Community Food Bank HQ on city’s westside - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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A pair of nonprofits said Wednesday they bought the former Atlanta Community Food Bank headquarters on the city’s westside, to preserve the building as a community gathering place and affordable space for small businesses.

The Westside Future Fund and Food Well Alliance said the 74,000-square-foot building at 970 Jefferson St. NW also will serve as office space for the nonprofits and as an education center highlighting community improvement efforts, according to a news release. The nonprofits paid $3.8 million.

The property served as the food bank’s home from 1984 to 2004 and as additional storage and office space since then. It has access to the Beltline and PATH trails and has been viewed as a likely redevelopment site in a neighborhood experiencing rampant real estate speculation since the construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium and development of the Beltline and Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry.

The future fund is a nonprofit created by some of Atlanta’s biggest companies and then-Mayor Kasim Reed to help steer revitalization in the stadium neighborhoods while also seeking to preserve affordability. Food Well Alliance, founded by food bank founder Bill Bolling, promotes urban agriculture.

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