A total of $8.5 million will be awarded to support 12 community facility improvement projects across the state, Gov. Andy Beshear's office announced Thursday afternoon.
Among those projects is a major upgrade to the kitchen at the Corbin Senior Center, which serves an average of 170 meals daily.
Director Amber Case said most of the meals served at the facility are currently prepared at the Whitley County Senior Center in downtown Williamsburg and then transported to Corbin.
Case said the new grant funding, totaling $351,000, will allow the Corbin facility's kitchen to become fully functional and self-sustaining with new equipment and expanded storage space.
Case did not provide an approximate timeline for when construction might begin, but said the organization is in contact with local churches to secure an alternative location so meals and other activities can continue during construction. Details of that arrangement will be announced when they are known.
Case said he is excited about this development because the number of meals served at the senior center has doubled since the grant application was first submitted, adding that the facility is always accepting monetary or in-kind donations from the community because it provides all of its meals and other services free of charge to its members.
For more information, search Corbin Senior Citizen Center on Facebook or call (606) 528-0100 during regular business hours.
