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MarketPlace Foods donates to Bemidji Community Arena

Marketplace Food and Drug donated $15,000 to the Bemidji Community Arena for the completion of the upper mezzanine. This is the second gift to the BCA facility; three years ago Marketplace donated $25,000 to help complete the front lobby. Shown left Tom Forseth, BCA operating board member, accepts the donation from Keith Johanneson, chief executive officer of Marketplace Food and Drug.

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