Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland has plans to build a new headquarters and distribution center at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center, according to a news release from the shopping center.
The nonprofit, which is currently based out of South Haven Street, “has contracted to build a new 34,000-square-foot headquarters on vacant land at the rear of EVSC,” according to the release.
The new facility will prepare meals for delivery and offer wellness and safety checks, social phone calls, crisis response, nutrition education, home repairs, grocery shopping, pet food delivery and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program screening and case management for seniors, according to the release.
“Opening the door to the next era of the historic Edmondson Village Shopping Center’s future was a community effort through and through,” Mayor Brandon Scott said in the release. “We’re finally able to pursue a redevelopment that’s bringing the crucial community support services of Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland to this extraordinary neighborhood and beyond.”
The Edmondson Village Shopping Center — known locally as “The Village” — opened in 1947 and in 2023 sold for $17 million to Chicago-based developer Lyneir Richardson.
“The state of Maryland, the city of Baltimore, and 200 Edmondson Village residents have invested over $10.8M in the modernization of EVSC,” Richardson said in the release. “This modernization now makes it possible for us to welcome Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland.”
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