Community Action of Southern Kentucky celebrated the GRAND OPENING of the new Allen County Community Action Center on Saturday, June 26, 2010. Community Action’s Board and Staff joined the Board of the Laura Goad Turner Charitable Foundation, three generations of the Turner family, Scottsville-Allen County Chamber of Commerce, and other elected officials and community members to celebrate this new beginning for Community Action’s services in Scottsville at 25 J.L. Turner and Son Place. The ceremony included a Time Capsule dedication. The time capsule is set to be opened in 2065 during Allen County’s 250th Anniversary. A ribbon cutting, in partnership with the Scottsville-Allen County Chamber of Commerce, closed the ceremony, and then community members took tours of the new Allen County Community Action facility. The foyer of the building brings visitors to Community Services, which includes individual and family services through food, rent and heating assistance, garden program and educational scholarships. Also on the 1st floor is Children Services, which includes three pre-school classrooms, offices for Head Start staff, laundry facilities and a common area for staff. The commercial kitchen on the first floor will provide meals for seniors, Head Start children and cooking and food preservation classes for the community. The elevator and/or stairway leads to the 2nd floor of the facility, which includes a large multi-purpose room, computer lab and the Senior Center. The Senior Center includes a large dining area with casual seating, Senior Center staff office, recreation room and exercise room. This building is a result of the partnership between Community Action and the Laura Goad Turner Charitable Foundation, who donated the J.L. Turner & Son Warehouse property and committed $1.75 million towards the new $3 million handicap accessible facility which houses all of Community Action’s services in Allen County.