[SPN-Discussion] Women in Housing & Finance -- Food Desert Event, Monday

[Alison Novak]

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Build, Plant, Eat: Ending the Food Desert  -- MONDAY, MARCH 15, 6-8pm


How to Bring Healthy Food to Underserved Neighborhoods

In December 2009, the NYC City Council passed the Food Retail Expansion
to Support Health (FRESH) program to provide incentives for grocery
stores to locate in underserved neighborhoods and Governor Patterson
announced the administrators of his Food Market Revolving Loan Fund.
While government efforts expand, urban farmers continue to work on the
ground, and more recently on top of buildings, to bring produce into the
city. Given the overlap in health issues and poor access to fresh
produce, these efforts target quality of life and health care concerns
for low-income neighborhoods.

Using multifamily housing as the prism, we will compare and contrast the
recently unveiled incentive programs, the business of grocery stores as
tenants and urban farming's latest successes.

In addition to the panel discussion, a wide range of innovative leaders
in the healthy food movement will participate in an "ideas fair" during
the refreshments hour (wine & light food served)

Moderators: Annie Jamieson + Alison Novak, The Hudson Companies Inc

Panelists:
* Kim Latimer-Nelligan, Low Income Investment Fund (Food Market
Revolving Loan Fund)
* Patricia Brodhagen, Food Industry Alliance
* Katie Scallon, NYC Economic Development Corporation (FRESH)
* Bob Volosin, Inner City Development
* Ben Linsley, BrightFarm Systems
* Paula Lukats, Just Food
* Eli Weiss, Jackson Development Group

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Date: 3/15/2010
Member Fee: $20
Non Member Fee: $25
Student Non Member Fee: $15
Location: The Open Planning Project, 148 Lafayette St

 

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