Center for Food Education

Birmingham,
AL
(2020)

Center for Food Education

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Vocational Training

Financing for a multi-use facility that anchors Jones ValleyTeaching Farm and creates an inviting permanent infrastructure that will reach more students, teachers, and surrounding community members—locally, regionally, and nationally.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $7,500,000
Total Project Cost: $7,690,000

IMPACT

22 FTE jobs
38 construction jobs

CDEs

Hope Enterprise, TruFund

Investor

Wells Fargo

Project Description

Scheduled to open in fall 2021, the multi-use facility will anchor Jones ValleyTeaching Farm and create an inviting permanent infrastructure that will reach more students, teachers, and surrounding community members—locally, regionally, and nationally.

MAP

Address: 701 25th Street North, Birmingham, AL 35203

Census Tract: 1073002702

News Stories

Jones Valley Teaching Farm to Open Center for Food Education in Downtown Birmingham Al

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