Using Economic Development Funds to Create Incentives for Healthy Retail

Using Economic Development Funds to Create Incentives for Healthy Retail

This call-in meeting will be Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. (Mountain Time)

This call will outline how economic development tools and financing mechanisms can be leveraged to work with small corner stores to increase the availability of healthy choices and create new business models for small food retail. Presenters will discuss the opportunities and limitations of economic development tools and offer ideas for how partnerships with local economic development agencies and small store owners can deepen the impact and sustainability of their healthy corner store work.

Speakers Include:
Jennifer Stokes, Myrtle Ave Brooklyn Partnership
**will provide an overview of the economic tools available to small store owners.
Richard Keit, San Jose Redevelopment Agency
**will discuss how façade improvement programs can be deployed to improve bottom line for food retailers and increase food access for residents.
James Johnson Piett, Urbane Development
**will offer recommendations for working with local government to match incentives to retailer needs.
Brianna Almaguer Sandoval, The Food Trust
**will present on the forms of technical assistance needed to prepare food retailers to take advantage of economic development incentives by sharing lessons learned from the PA Fresh Food Financing Initiative.

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Meeting Number: 576 667 835
Meeting Password: planning123