One community is getting a boost in its fight against food insecurity.

On Wednesday, state and community leaders, along with volunteers, were on hand to break ground on a new facility in Scott County that they hope will help thousands in their county who are food insecure.

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As I travel the state and I celebrate all of the great things we have going on, I'm reminded that there are always people that we can make sure that we are helping the lost, the lonely in the left behind.

Maybe the people that need it the most are the ones maybe we see the least.

Especially at events like this.

We have a very bold mission at the event and we are determined that we can end hunger in Scott County.

And so this new entity and and the food pantry we're operating out of even today is literally for any family that lives in Scott County that is facing food insecurity.

We have programing at every economic level.

So if you don't know how you're going to feed your family, we have a program that can help you with that.

We just need to remember that food insecurity is not a partizan issue.

Food insecurity is not a bipartisan issue.

Food insecurity is a nonpartisan issue that affects us all.

And what we can do for the least of those among us who are disadvantaged and suffering from food insecurity is one of the highest callings that we can do as citizens of this great country, this state and this community.

It's been several, several years in the process of dreaming for what could be next, where we need to go, and then ultimately finding this property and landing here.

It's kind of two different buildings together.

So 3000 square feet for the food pantry, which is basically a grocery store where no one pays for anything.

And then the 2000 square foot addition to that, which will someday be the soup kitchen and the culinary school, we are very community based.

Scott County is a beautiful community to serve, and we couldn't do this without the support of our community.

I'm telling you right now, we're in the middle of harvest season, so just the amount of tomatoes that are showing up that people are bringing from their local gardens.

So we have that kind of support all the way up.

And so obviously this is a multimillion dollar project that we're in the middle of.

But all of that matters like we have to have the food in the building to make sure that people have what they need.

So we love when people are bringing produce from their local gardens and that's really nice when we get a really big community development block grant to go alongside that so that we have the facility to work inside of.

The pro business abilities of this community to remove artificial sort of artificial barriers to free enterprise for a business like this to grow.

To make way to help people who are disadvantaged, the people who have food insecurity.

It's a great American story.

It's a great Kentucky story, and it's a great Scott County story, too.

Last year we put almost $2 million of food into this community, and when it gets to that amount house, we have to hand unloaded.

So if you want to put dollars £2, £2 million of food came through a like a human door, not not on a forklift, not unloaded, but literally my volunteers unload it every day to make sure that we have the food that we need.

But just to be able to have something like a garage door and a forklift is going to be game changing.

And then we can take all of that energy that we're putting into just moving food around into expanding programs.

And I think it's really important when we remember that nothing happens in a vacuum, right?

It takes a village to do these great things.

And this community is so fortunate to have so many people come together to see this to fruition.

I hope you know how lucky you are to live in this community where people have come together to serve the least among you.

The current food pantry will move to the new facility once it's complete.

Construction on the complex is scheduled to begin next week.