Sawmill Tea and Coffee Company held its grand opening in the Central Plains Rec Plex at Southport yesterday.

Jennifer Hagedorn, executive director with Visions of Independence.The food kiosk is being launched in partnership with Visions of Independence, which is staffing the location. Jennifer Hagedorn, executive director with Visions of Independence, says a lot of guests turned out for the event.

"It's an exciting opportunity. We're opening a healthy food kiosk to provide people with disabilities an opportunity to develop work and employment skills," Hagedorn says.

She adds the event was packed with people, and she wasn't able to to get close enough to the kiosk to see its entirety due to the crowd. Hagedorn says politicians, people they support, family members and others from the community came out to celebrate the opening with them.

"Come on down. Try out the food. It's amazing. Nothing like good food to bring good people together."

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