It’s not back to square one with Hesston’s grocery store project, but it’s definitely back to planning. Andrea Braker, who sits on the Beneficient Heartland Foundation, gave an update on the project, as well as the makeup of the board. “With the resignation of Brad Heppner from the board, we are taking the opportunity to simplify and to re-imagine anything,” she said. ” We’re looking at alternative shapes, locations, amenities, façades. Currently, we do not have a specific plan. Plans are changing so we can get a grocery store done as sustainably as possible.”
Hesston has lacked a grocery store since 2018, following the closure of Weaver’s Grocers. Since then, there’s been a community effort to bring a grocery store to the city of 3,747.
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