The food pantry, backed by community partners and spearheaded by the city’s housing authority, will be open to residents of the Legacy at Jordan Park every Thursday afternoon.

St. Pete Free Clinic CEO Jennifer Yeagley said she has seen a steady increase in need for food assistance that’s coincided with climbing grocery costs and cost-of-living increases over the past year.

Kimberly Jackson, Executive Director from the Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions (ISPS), and Jennifer Yeagley, Chief Executive Officer from the St. Petersburg Free Clinic, addressed legislation on community needs at the current stage of the Covid crisis.