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Saginaw Downtown Redevelopment Plans include Downtown Saginaw Farmers' Market partnership

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SVRC Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce its recent purchase of 203 S. Washington Avenue in Saginaw, MI, the former Saginaw News building.  

SVRC Industries, Inc., currently has four locations in the City of Saginaw.  SVRC has been operating for over 50 years and its mission is to create and sustain opportunities and support systems for persons with barriers to employment and community access. 

SVRC along with community partners, the Saginaw Downtown Development Authority and the Downtown Saginaw Farmer’s Market, Incorporated, have plans for the new facility that include redevelopment of the parking lot on the Saginaw River into a permanent home for the Downtown Saginaw Farmers Market.  In addition, the vision for the space on the first floor of the building includes a year-round indoor farmers market!

The rest of the building will be developed as a marketplace, space to lease offices, incubator commercial kitchen space for rentals, training programs and other programs to compliment downtown.

Redevelopment will be done in phases, with the first phase being the restoration of the buildings infrastructure, building a public market space on the river for Downtown Saginaw Farmer’s Market, Inc., and the redevelopment of the first floor into retail and food vendors. 
Redevelopment will require grant funding and community participation.  It is anticipated to announce a capital campaign for the redevelopment of the outdoor market space in the near future.  Community participation ensures a place for the community to enjoy and support.
 
SVRC’s goal of the redevelopment of this property is to continue to invest in the rebirth of downtown Saginaw into a thriving city, creating a place for the community enjoy, providing a location for the downtown farmers market and access to fresh food in the downtown area, and providing quality employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Saginaw. 

Dean Emerson, President/COO of SVRC Industries, Inc, is the contact for SVRC.  He may be reached by email at demerson@svrcindustries.com or by phone at 989-752-6176.  More information about SVRC and its mission is available at www.svrcindustries.com

Shelley McGeathy, Executive Director of Downtown Saginaw Farmer’s Market, Inc. is the contact for the DSFM.  She may be reached by email at saginawdsfm@yahoo.com or by phone at 989-798-1061. More information about DSFM and its mission is available at www.saginawfarmersmarket.org

Beth Ernat, Executive Director of Saginaw Downtown Development Authority is the contact DDA.  She may be reached at beth.ernat@saginaw-mi.com or by phone 708-277-5237. More information about the Saginaw DDA is available at www.saginawdda.org   


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