Granite Guild’s has purchased the property at 834 Lancaster Road. This will become the Groveton Community Center & Food Pantry to serve the needs of the people of Northumberland and surrounding communities within Coos County, New Hampshire. The building will be undergoing a thorough renovation doing mold abatement, redesign of the floor layout, insulation, flooring, heating, electrical, plumbing, new deck, ADA compliant ramps, upgrade exterior, redoing the parking lot, and landscaping.
Granite Guild intends to install greenhouses to conduct vertical hydroponic gardening to provide fresh produce to the Food Pantry on a year round basis. We intend to partner with the University of New Hampshire, 4H and SAU58 for the operation of the greenhouse program and to provide mentoring opportunities. We will be utilizing bar coding and an online shopping cart that will provide mentoring in inventory control.
Granite Guild projects a $60,000 budget for renovations and a $40,000 budget for the greenhouse project.
Please click the Donations page link above to donate.
The University of New Hampshire Coos Extension is working with Granite Guild, Granite State Market Match, New Hampshire Food Bank, USDA, Ocean State Job Lot and others to establish a first-of-a-kind Food Pantry to serve individuals and families in need within the community. Part of our effort will be participating in a gleaning program to provide fresh produce for public distribution.
Some additional programs are:
- AHEAD – 17 different Consumer workshops
- New Hampshire Statewide Family Engagement Center – Parent-Teacher-Student Advocacy & Liaison
- ProtectUSKids – Cybersecurity, Cyberbullying, Time Management and other skills for Young People
- University of New Hampshire, Coos Extension – Healthy Eating & Nutrition Workshops
- North Country Healthcare Consortium – Healthcare Screening
- Various arts of all genres (visual, literary, performing) workshops & classes
- Coffee house night
- Open Mic Night
- Author/Poet booksignings
- Art Exhibitions
- Outdoor Movie Night
- Yoga Classes
- and more in the works
If you have a Program, Workshop, or other services that you wish to offer through our Community & Arts Center, please contact us. If you are an artist, author, poet, musician, performer, artisan or crafts-person, or want to be a volunteer please contact us.
Want to donate, no matter how big or small, every dollar will help make this happen. Please click the Donations link above and fill out the information and click the appropriate link for PayPal or Venmo. Help us rebuild our community!