Oatmeal production site at Uniontown near start

Once a stove hood arrives, a newly refurbished Uniontown building will be ready to become a production facility. Its output will be Grandma Lela’s oatmeal.

The Uniontown Community Development Association (UCDA) bought the 1899 building at auction in July of last year. Since then, work has gone forward to bring new use to the space, which was once an old mercantile building at the corner of Main and Woodworth Streets.

Grandma Lela’s will use approximately two-thirds of the square-footage while the front third will be available as a retail space to rent.

“We’re hoping the facility will be online...