The Mayflower Community, Grinnell, Iowa has been awarded a $300,000 USDA Rural Economic Development Grant (REDG) loan, designated by the T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative of Brooklyn, Iowa. T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative applied to the USDA Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program and was granted the $300,000 to make a zero-interest loan to Mayflower Community.…
On Tuesday, March 3rd, The Mayflower Community provided tours of the Buckley kitchen to residents and invited guests This was an opportunity to see how Mayflower has converted the Buckley Dining Room to the new “Open Dining” concept as the result of modifications to the prep kitchen. As a result, meals are available daily from…
On Monday, September 16th, all the residents of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) Harwich Terrace East Neighborhood shared in their monthly luncheon. (There are only three homes in that area — six residents.) Pictured from left to right, beginning with Shane Estes (back to camera — his best side!) are Stan Swann, Janaan Swann, Lolya…
In preparation for The Mayflower Community’s new Open Dining program, Scott Gruhn, Director of Food Services, worked during the spring semester with a team of Grinnell College students to create a computer application to manage the menu. The students shared their work at an end-of-semester presentation to an audience of other students in the computer…
Last February, The Mayflower Community began building a cooking kitchen in its Health Center to be able to introduce “Open Dining” to its residents. Open Dining is the concept of providing restaurant-style menu-type ordering of meals at any time of the day, 7:00am to 7:00pm, for residents of the Mayflower community. Open Dining began in…
The Mayflower Community Health Center kitchen has been rebuilt. All new equipment has been installed. (See below.) Over 200 donors have made the $500,000 project possible. The new menus are being developed with the assistance of a class of Grinnell College students, who have created an electronic application for modification and printing. Now, the Health…