Ebenezer Stone Ministries planning community center, grocery store

Finding food security and connecting people to resources. A Milwaukee non-profit announced plans for an all-in-one resource center. Christina Van Zelst has a behind-the-scenes look at their new spot. Yeah, Ebenezer Stone Ministries has big plans for the city's west side. For 26 years, a building served as the Pilgrim Lutheran Church daycare center. Now it's being revamped as a community resource center and affordable grocery store. We are in the initial planning stages. We're getting it cleaned out. As you can see, there's 26 years of daycare items. On the border of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, at 70th and Center, Ebenezer Stone Ministries is building a one-stop shop community resource center. There are resources that people, again, don't have access to, don't have the ability to drive downtown or go to the other side of the city. The president of the board of directors, Hayden Penkert, says the idea is to have things like mental health prevention, health insurance resources, veteran support, Milwaukee police resources, and an affordable grocery store. If we can bring in those families and say, hey. We've got groceries at an affordable cost that you can get to very quickly, not to mention all of the resources that will be in the upper level. Take advantage of those as well. The new location is on a bus line, has a parking lot, and will help fill a gap in a food desert. The grocery store will sit in the basement of the new spot, mostly run by volunteers. And the price? A lot of what we were seeing was the cost, the wholesale cost plus. Like 10, 15 cents. While it's still very early on in the process, it's a new place to turn for help and help families get back on their feet. The organization hopes to start operations around the spring. They do rely on volunteers and donations, so if you'd like to help, we do have a link on our Fox Local app. Ben and Kim, back to you. So good to see people out there trying to make a difference, and yeah, hopefully they can make a big one out there. Especially this time of year. All right, thanks, Christina.