Austin, TX initiates a community food retail initiative in response to food access issues

Austin, TX Community Food Retail Initiative Food Access

Planning

A proposed partnership with Go Austin/Vamos Austin would open a city-funded grocery store for underserved residents in the Eastern Crescent. This partnership designs a pilot store with resident input on proposed locations and retail formats. Three hundred residents are selected as founding members and evaluate the store's services. The proposal uses $500,000 in federal ARPA funding to stand up a nonprofit, member-owned, or employee-owned store based on pilot results.

Economic Development Engagement Pilot / POC Community Services

Austin, TX

Municipality in Texas

United States

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RFP for Community-Owned Food Retail Initiative

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City plans for community-owned grocery project in East Austin | Community Impact

Austin officials are poised to advance plans for the first city-backed and community-controlled grocery store designed for residents who for years have faced a lack of access to healthy food options.

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