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Partners Through Food: Rochester, New York

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In the Upper Falls community of Rochester, New York, a dynamic collaborative of community members increases access to healthy food by organizing for over five years to bring a full-service supermarket into a community which lacked a single grocery store.

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From: The Built Environment and Health: 11 Profiles of Neighborhood Transformation

 

 

Terms:Residents and community members, Local businesses, Community-based organization, Sustainable food, Land use, planning or zoning, Health equity, Access to fresh foods, Urban, Built Environment & Land Use, Food & Activity