Supermarket Strategy and Policy Coalition Meeting Announcement
You are Invited to the Supermarket Strategy and Policy Coalition Meeting
Tuesday December 5th
10:30am-12:00pm
East Cleveland Public Library – Lower Auditorium
14101 Euclid Ave.
East Cleveland, OH 44112
The purpose of the Supermarket Coalition is to organize and align residents, storeowners, local/regional governments and funders to implement and stabilize high quality supermarkets in low-income neighborhoods in Cuyahoga County. At the meeting we will cover:
1) Active supermarket projects in Cuyahoga County including: Euclid, Bedford, Cleveland
2) Community organizing strategies to prioritize resident feedback regarding store implementation. How can we support?
3) Policies to support high quality supermarket implementation + stabilization. Funding and accountability measures such as “clawbacks” to promote good actor supermarkets (local hiring, resident feedback requirements, local entrepreneurship opportunities, living wages, time commitments, produce commitments etc.)
The Supermarket Coalition is part of HIP-Cuyahoga‘s Healthy Eating and Active Living Subcommittee. More information about Supermarket Access in Cuyahoga County can be found at the Cuyahoga County Board of Health’s website HERE.
Contact and to RSVP: Roger Sikes at 216-903-3283 or rsikes@ccbh.net