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News Thu Jun 16 2011
Bringing Dessert (and more) to the Desert
Mayor Emanuel met with the CEOs of six major Chicago grocery store chains to discuss what it would take to bring stores to our food deserts. They discussed what it would take to bring fresh and healthy food to these targeted neighborhoods: North Lawndale, Douglas Englewood, Chatham, Roseland and West Pullman.
Emanuel and his team estimate that 450,000 residents of Chicago (as many as one in six) live in a neighborhood with no access to fresh and healthy food. His team used this map to determine the areas they would work on.
