{"id":1320238,"date":"2020-05-27T14:49:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=478499"},"modified":"2020-05-28T12:36:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:36:13","slug":"the-community-market-partners-with-four-local-restaurants-to-provide-500-full-meals-weekly-to-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/the-community-market-partners-with-four-local-restaurants-to-provide-500-full-meals-weekly-to-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"The Community Market partners with four local restaurants to provide 500 full meals weekly to those in need"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eagle Valley Community Foundation\u2019s Community Market has served 375% more visitors since the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> left many individuals and families in a bind, and that number has just kept going up. While that support has helped some 3,800 people per week put food on the table, constantly cooking meals and washing up has gotten a bit old.<\/p>\n

Enter four local restaurants and one financial grant.<\/p>\n

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Susie Davis, director of Community Impact with the Eagle Valley Community Foundation, stocks milk at The Community Market\u2019s new Edwards location Tuesday. The former restaurant space will be turned into a community center, and opened for food distribution on May 2. The Community Market is one of the local nonprofits that will be supported by the Vail Valley Foundation\u2019s Community Matching Fund.<\/strong>
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The Community Market has partnered with Hovey & Harrison, Red Maple Catering, Splendido and Vin48 to provide 500 home-cooked meals each week to those who may need some relief from the stress and time factors that go into preparing a meal. Meals from all four restaurants are available at the Gypsum and Edwards markets, and the selection changes daily.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt puts a smile on people\u2019s faces,\u201d said Food Systems Director Kelly Liken, whose name some may recognize from past head chef positions she\u2019s held at some of the Vail Valley\u2019s best restaurants. \u201cIt\u2019s a little extra, a little above and beyond what they\u2019re usually able to get here at the Community Market. It\u2019s really making people feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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