Food City presented a $5,000 check to Mountain Heritage on Thursday to assist with finishing the Mendota Trail Project. The Mendota Trail is a 12.5-mile hiking-biking recreational corridor between Bristol, VA and Mendota, VA. About six miles of the rails-to-trail project are now completed, including a five-mile-long corridor connecting Bristol, Virginia, to Benhams in Washington County.

Food City will be donating $5,000 a year over the next four years, for a total donation of $20,00

Pictured (left to right):

Delegate Israel O’Quinn

Delegate Will Wampler

Dr. Jim Lapis, President Mendota Trail Conservancy (MTC)

Steve Smith, Food City President/CEO

Bob Mueller, Treasurer MTC

Bobby Cheers, Board Member MTC

Randy Olson, Secretary MTC

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 134 retail outlets throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, Chattanooga and north Georgia.