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>> THE WEST SIDE NOW HAS ONE

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FEWER GROCERY STORE AFTER ALDI

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ABRUPTLY SHUTTER ITS WEST

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GARFIELD PARK LOCATION.

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RESIDENTS SAY THE CLOSURE

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WORSENS THE AREA'S INEQUITABLE

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ACCESS TO FOOD.

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THIS OFTEN MEANS RESIDENTS

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MOSTLY IN BLACK AND BROWN

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COMMUNITIES HAVE TO TRAVEL MUCH

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FURTHER SOMETIMES LEAVING THEIR

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NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET THE FOOD

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THEY NEED.

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WE SPOKE WITH THERON HAWK A

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RESIDENT OF WEST GARFIELD PARK

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HE LIVES BEHIND THE FORMER

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GROCERY STORE AND HERE IS WHAT

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HE SAID.

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>> I HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO

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HALSTED AND MADISON I'M 3800

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WEST AND I THINK THAT IS 800

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WEST TO WHOLE FOODS.

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WE HAVE A STORE DIRECTLY ACROSS

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THE STREET FROM ALDI'S HAD A

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SIGN THAT SAYS MADDION

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SUPERMARKET BUT THEY ARE NOT A

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SUPERMARKET THEY ARE LIKE A

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CIGARETTE STORE.

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CAN'T BUY A LOAF OF BREAD THERE.

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CAN'T BUY A GALLON OF MILK

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THERE.

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>> AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS HOW

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THIS IMPACTS COMMUNITIES AND

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WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS IT

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ARE ANGELA ODOMS-YOUNG ASSOCIATE

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PROFESSOR AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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IN THE DIVISION OF NUTRITIONAL

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SCIENCES AND WORKED AT UIC AND

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REMAINS BASED HERE IN CHICAGO.

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AND RUBY FERGUSON, FOOD EQUITY

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POLICY LEAD FOR THE CITY OF

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CHICAGO.

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THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

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ANGELA ODOMS-YOUNG LET'S START

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WITH YOU, WHAT WE DESCRIBED AS A

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FOOD DESERT THOUGH MANY

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ADVOCATES ARE ARGUING IT SHOULD

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BE CONSIDERED FOOD APARTHEID

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INSTEAD.

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>> I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

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TO THINK ABOUT THE SOURCE.

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WE KNOW THAT LIMITED FOOD ACCESS

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IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS

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REALLY ROOTED IN SOCIAL AND

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STRUCTURAL OPPRESSION.

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PART OF THIS THINKING THAT IS

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JUST NATURALLY OCCURRING IS NOT

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THE CASE.

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IT REALLY IS SYSTEMIC FACTORS

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THAT PLAY A ROLE IN DECIDING

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WHERE CERTAIN TYPES OF RESOURCES

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ARE LOCATED AND WHERE THEY ARE

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NOT LOCATED.

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>> COMMUNITIES ON THE SOUTH AND

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WEST SIDE MOSTLY BLACK AND BROWN

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COMMUNITIES THEY'VE FACED

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DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT WE KNOW

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THIS.

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RUBY FERGUSON, WHAT IMPACT HAS

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THIS HAD ON ACCESS TO FOOD FOR

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THE PEOPLE IN THOSE

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NEIGHBORHOODS?

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>> YEAH.

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SO WE LOOK AT OUR FOOD SYSTEM AS

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A WHOLE AND THINK ABOUT

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AFFORDABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND

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THE CULTURAL RELEVANCE OF FOOD.

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WHEN WE THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY

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WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FOOD, THAT'S

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CELEBRATIONS FOR BARBECUES,

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THANKSGIVING, BIRTHDAY CAKES.

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WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE

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ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF MENTAL

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STRESS THAT GET PUT ON PUTTING

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FOOD ON THE DINNER TABLE, WE'RE

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JUST EXACERBATING UNHEALTHY

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CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED.

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>> WHEN WE SPOKE TO RESIDENT

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THERON HAWK HE USES AN ELECTRIC

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BIKE TO GET AROUND BUT IT

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DOESN'T HAVE A BASKET TO CARRY

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GROCERIES HERE IS MORE OF HIM.

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>> I HAVE TO UBER DOWN TO THE

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STORE.

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I HAD TO CHANGE MY WHOLE ROUTINE

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WHEN IT COMES TO GROCERIES NOW

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I COULD GO TO ALDI'S THREE OR

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FOUR TIMES A GET AND GET THE

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LITTLE THINGS THAT SUSTAIN ME.

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AND NOW THAT'S GONE YOU KNOW.

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AND I MISS THEM.

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I DO.

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>> ANGELA, HOW MUCH OF CHICAGO

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FACES FOOD ECOSYSTEMS SIMILAR TO

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WHAT THERON HAWK EXPERIENCES

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NOW?

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SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

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I THINK PART OF THE WAY THAT

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WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT EVEN

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TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE

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ALDI LEFT A COMMUNITY THAT IS

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REALLY UPSETTING, LISTENING TO

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THE DESCRIPTION FROM THE

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RESIDENT COMMUNITY RESIDENT

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ABOUT HOW THIS DEPARTURE OF ALDI

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IMPACTED HIS SHOPPING PATTERN

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AND JUST ADDITIONAL STRESS THAT

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HAS BEEN PUT ON HIM BECAUSE OF

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THIS ISSUE.

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AND THIS IS JUST A VERY COMMON

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STORY.

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UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT ONLY IN

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CHICAGO IT'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

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WHEN YOU LOOK ATTICLY BLACK

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COMMUNITIES --

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AT PARTICULARLY BLACK

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COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ACCESS TO

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FOOD.

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A FOOD ECOSYSTEM NOT JUST A

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SUPERMARKET, THEN WE COULD SAY

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THAT THE MAJORITY OF COMMUNITIES

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ARE IN THIS SITUATION.

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BECAUSE THERE IS NO DIVERSITY OF

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FOOD RETAIL IN MOST BLACK

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COMMUNITIES.

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>> AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FACT

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THIS ONE GROCERY STORE LEFT AND

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ALDI IS INDICATIVE AND THE

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IMPACT IT'S HAVING IS INDICATIVE

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OF A PROBLEM THAT ALREADY

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EXISTED FOR PEOPLE.

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RUBY FERGUSON HOW DOES THIS

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IMPACT A COMMUNITY'S HEALTH?

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>> YEAH, SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT

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HEALTH, RIGHT, IT'S AGENCY TO

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HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT WHAT YOU

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CONSUME DAILY IS ACCESS TO FRESH

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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES NOT HAVING

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TO MANAGE THINKING ABOUT WHERE

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YOU'RE SHOPPING FOR DINNER.

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AND SO WHEN ONE GROCERY STORE IS

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CAUSING AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO

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FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS

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TO FRESH AND HEALTHY FOODS IT

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MAKES IT VERY CHALLENGING TO

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CONSIDER YOUR HEALTH AS A WHOLE.

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>> ANGELA HOW CAN THIS BE

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ADDRESSED?

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IT IS A MATTER OF ADDING MORE

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GROCERY STORES?

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WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?

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>> NO, I THINK IT IS A MATTER OF

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LOOKING AT FOOD AND PLANNING,

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LOOKING AT FOOD WHEN WE THINK

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ABOUT ECONOMIC INVESTMENTS IN

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COMMUNITIES.

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IT'S OVERALL COMMUNITY

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DEVELOPMENT.

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GROCERY STORES TEND TO BE AN

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ANCHOR FOR OTHER TYPES OF RETAIL

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DEVELOPMENT AND IT BRINGS JOBS.

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IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THERE'S

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ABOUT 25 JOBS FOR EVERY 10,000

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SQUARE FEET OF STORE SPACE.

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AND SO A GROCERY STORE COULD

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BRING IN 150 OR 200 JOBS.

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AND SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AN

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ENTIRE COMMUNITY NOT JUST OK WE

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ARE GOING TO LOCATE ONE STORE.

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AND I HATE TO ALWAYS USE THE

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COMPARISON TO LINCOLN PARK BUT

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IF THE ALDI IN LINCOLN PARK

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CLOSED IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN

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BE A HUGE STORY BECAUSE OF THE

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AMOUNT OF FOOD RETAIL,

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RESTAURANTS, AND OTHER FOOD

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RELATED BUSINESSES THAT ARE

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LOCATED IN THAT COMMUNITY.

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SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

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THAT WE CONSIDER OVERALL FOOD

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RETAIL AND ALSO FOOD OWNERSHIP

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WITHIN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

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WHO OWNS IT, WHAT IS THERE.

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>> AND RUBY WHAT IS THE CHICAGO

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FOOD EQUITY COUNCIL DOING TO

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ADDRESS THIS?

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>> I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT

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WITH ARP FUNDS WE WERE ABLE TO

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PUT IN A PROPOSAL FOR A FOOD

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EQUITY APPROACH THAT INCLUDES

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STARTING A CHICAGO GOOD FOOD

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FUND WHICH GIVES US AN

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OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY TO

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DRIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS FOOD

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INSECURITIES.

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SO THE PREMISE IS THAT THERE

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WILL BE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

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THAT INCLUDE TECHNICAL

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ASSISTANCE TRAINING TO CATALYZE

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COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR

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ISSUES.

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WE KNOW THAT EVERY COMMUNITY

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SOLUTION IS NOT GOING TO BE THE

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SAME AND THAT WHEN COMMUNITY

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SOLUTIONS ARE DRIVEN BY MEMBERS

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OF THAT BASE, THEY ARE MORE

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LIKELY TO LAST FOR LONGER THERE

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ARE ROOTS AND TEETH WITH THAT

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SOLUTION.

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SO WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE

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THAT WE'LL HAVE A CHICAGO GOOD

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FOOD FUND AND SUPPORT FOREOTHER

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ELEMENTS OF THE FOOD SYSTEM LIKE

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URBAN AGRICULTURE.

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IF WE THINK ABOUT LOCAL FRESH

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FOODS AND HOW WE GET THEM IN OUR

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COMMUNITY HOW CAN WE SUPPORT

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GROWERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO

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SUPPORT CULTURALLY RELEVANT