Boyers Market Case Profile
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A profile on Boyer’s Food Markets, a family-owned and operated grocery store. The company generates $110 million annually in sales, and employs 900 people - including 265 full-time employees.
Baltimore targets 'food deserts'-Neighborhoods lack access to affordable, healthy food
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Baltimore is launching programs to provide healthier eating options. They're trying to lure new grocery stores and expanding a system for low-income residents to order healthy food online for delivery.
Searching for Markets: The Geography of Inequitable Access to Healthy & Affordable Food in the United States
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A report that describes The Reinvestment Fund’s national Limited Supermarket Access (LSA) Study; a tool for understanding food access issues. It discusses prior research study methods, the steps in the LSA analysis, and the findings, including the areas of need, the demand and unmet demand for food.
PolicyMap
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A fully web-based Geographic Information System that makes it easier way to incorporate the power of data into policy decisions. PolicyMap contains over 10,000 indicators including latest demographics from Census. Use it to chart trends and analyze neighborhoods.
Underwriting Supermarkets and Grocery Stores
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The implementation handbook describes how to underwrite potential supermarket and other grocery retail borrowers and projects for financing with relevant and diverse case studies.
Healthy Food Retail Lending Financing Guidelines
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A fact sheet on Reinvestment Fund's Retail Lending Guidelines.
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Financing of Supermarkets in Underserved Communities
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A guide to supermarket financing in underserved communities
Financing Healthy Food Options Resource Bank: Webinars
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The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) provides a series of technical assistance webinars related to financing healthy food options.
Statewide Supermarket Summit Kicks Off Governor Corzine's New Jersey Food Access Initiative
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A press release announcing a statewide initiative aimed at spurring supermarket development throughout New Jersey’s urban centers The initiative is part of Governor Corzine’s overall Economic Recovery and Assistance Plan .
Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno Helps Launch Enhanced Public-Private Partnership that Aims to Increase Access to Healthy Food in Underserved Communities
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Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno formally launches an expanded New Jersey Food Access Initiative (NJFAI) at the site of New Brunswick’s first full service supermarket in two decades.