When The Supermarket Ain’t So Super
Remember last week when we spoke about the shortage of decent supermarkets in Harlem? Then, we were provided with a map of the city that highlighted which areas of the city suffered the most from lack of access to quality foods?
Well, the results of the referenced study conducted by the city have been released with a handful of recommended next steps including:
- Future rezonings should consider supermarket need.
- City-owned property offers potential for new supermarkets. The appropriateness of supermarkets should be evaluated in projects containing a retail component on city-controlled sites.
Too little too late? For the residents who live near 124th and Frederick Douglass it is; they lost their Associated Market last April.
Read the whole report here: Dept. of City Planning [nyc.gov]
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Fresh food always tastes better.
It took me leaving NYC to realize how bad access to fresh, healthy food was. I traded off with less diversity, but that I can work on. You can’t beat fresh and affordable.