The Lancaster County Food Hub will soon be home to a new outreach center in Lancaster where unhoused people can come together as a community to find resources.
The nonprofit began renovation of its North Queen Street building in February, turning a former storage area on the second floor into a communal space for unsheltered people to connect with outreach workers and receive medical treatment.
The center is set to open in September, according to Food Hub Executive Director Paige McFarling.
The floor has 5,000 square feet of what is now fairly empty space, McFarling said, but soon it will be furnished and the walls lined with maps of Lancaster city and county with colored dots to highlight essential services, including caseworkers and free community meals.
“This is where you come to navigate Lancaster. This is where you come to find a friend,” McFarling said. “We can help.”
