Engaging Community Partners to Support Healthy Food Retail

Posted by Policy Link on November 17, 2014

WEBINAR: Engaging Community Partners to Support Healthy Food Retail

Tuesday, December 2, 2014
11 a.m – 12 p.m. Pacific / 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Eastern

Over the past several years, healthy food retail has become an effective strategy for improving the economic health and well-being of communities. Community leaders, businesses, nonprofits, and local government are recognizing the key to a successful operation often hinges on community involvement and participation. The integration of community in planning and development is essential to successfully increase access to healthy foods, create jobs, and provide communities with new or improved place-based spaces that encourage neighborhood revitalization.

This webinar will discuss how healthy food retail developers are engaging community stakeholders to ensure local residents have a stake in, benefit from, and have greater access to healthy foods. Speakers in this webinar will discuss how equitable development is a sustainable growth model and strategy to ensure residents benefit from having additional retail in their neighborhoods.

Speakers include:

Mary Lee, Deputy Director, PolicyLink (moderator)
Donna Leuchten, Director of Sustainable Food Systems, Uplift Solutions
Esther Park, Community Outreach Coordinator, Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Mariela Cedeño, Director, Social Enterprise and Microfinance, Mandela Marketplace

REGISTER HERE
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3888541981133681922