Healthy Food Financing: From Advocacy to Implementation
Posted by on June 10, 2013
June 2013 – Healthy Food Access Portal Webinars
Thursday, June 20
Healthy Food Financing: From Advocacy to Implementation
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Across the country local stakeholders are adopting methods and strategies to improve access to healthy foods by advocating for policy change. This webinar uses The Food Trust’s recently published Healthy Food Financing Handbook: From Advocacy to Implementation to discuss how these efforts have led to the creation of healthy food financing initiatives at the city, state and federal level.
The webinar will offer a roadmap for how to successfully advocate for initiatives that improve access to healthy food through the development of healthy food retail. Additionally, the discussion will provide an overview of how healthy food financing initiatives are administered by government agencies, community development financial institutions, and food access organizations.
Featured Speakers:
John Weidman, Deputy Executive Director, The Food Trust (moderator)
Dwayne Wharton, Director of External Affairs, The Food Trust
Caroline Harries, Senior Associate, The Food Trust
Register here.
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=2uziktupc8r3
Thursday, June 27
Food Access and Economic Impacts: Trends and New Research
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Studies have shown that healthy food retail improves the economic health and well-being of communities, and can help to revitalize struggling business districts by supplying local jobs; creating foot traffic; and attracting complementary stores and services like banks, pharmacies, and restaurants. Healthy food retail can also increase or stabilize home values in nearby neighborhoods, generate local tax revenues, and promote additional spending in the local economy.
This webinar will provide the latest research on the economic impact of healthy food retail. Join us to explore how new healthy food retail provides jobs and other positive economic impacts to surrounding communities.
Featured Speakers:
Patricia L. Smith, Senior Policy Advisor, The Reinvestment Fund (moderator)
Lance Loethen, Research Associate, The Reinvestment Fund
Dick Voith, Senior Vice President and Principal, Econsult Corporation
Register here.
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=15s1k5sh7apf
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