The 世界杯投注官方网站 Board approved grants for two local small businesses to increase food accessibility in disinvested areas of the city that often lack ready options for fresh foods. Two Economic Opportunity Fund Food Access Grants, totaling $1.6 million, will support expansion projects for Goodr and Nourish + Bloom.
Goodr
A $1 million Economic Opportunity Fund Food Access Grant was awarded to help Goodr finance the design and buildout of a community grocery store at iVillage @ MLK. 这家商店将供应食品杂货, 包括新鲜农产品, 鸡蛋, 牛奶, meat and other shelf-stable items.
世界杯投注官方网站, the 亚特兰大市 and MARTA partnered to create the iVillage @ MLK using repurposed shipping containers at the H.E. 福尔摩斯玛尔塔站. The container village provides affordable, attractive and transit-accessible grocery, health services and retail along the Martin Luther King, Jr. 开走廊.
The Economic Opportunity Fund for Goodr offers a model to examine the demand, need and value that a community food store has in low-income, disinvested neighborhoods with the goal of attracting and informing future grocery-based establishments. It also serves as an opportunity to jumpstart future interest in transit-oriented development (TOD) at H.E. 福尔摩斯站.
Goodr founder and CEO Jasmine Crowe is an award-winning entrepreneur, TED speaker and children’s book author who founded the tech-enabled sustainable food waste management company. She is the 35th Black woman to raise more than $1 million in venture capital and was named as a top 100 influential female founders by 企业家杂志.
滋养+绽放市场
Nourish + Bloom was awarded a $600,000 Economic Opportunity Fund Food Access Grant to help finance two 滋养+绽放市场 container stores, which will be located in Pittsburgh Yards and a location to be determined in District 11.
Nourish + Bloom is a minority- and woman-owned autonomous grocery store that provides locally sourced grocery items, alongside everyday convenience items, 没有结账. Its autonomous container store model is designed to bring fresh produce and other nutritious goods directly to the community, 提供方便, accessible solution and represents a competitive attraction project within the grocery industry.
This project represents Nourish + Bloom’s first expansion and will support two part-time and two full-time jobs, including a satellite store manager, customer experience representative, 斯托克和保安. The company is committed to combatting food inequity and food insecurity by serving consumers in food deserts and historically underserved areas. And its versatile products allow it to deploy in all market conditions and serve more than 5,每月000名顾客.
除了, Nourish + Bloom is committed to creating well-rounded employees in both AI and robotics, so as advancements in technology may scale out traditional grocer jobs, their employees can easily transition into the future of retail.