The non-profit Economic Security Project and the city are partnering to explore the creation of a municipally owned grocery store.
"Really it's filling the gaps for the market and making sure that people have access to all the goods and resources that they need to survive and thrive," Pawar said.
"A longer life span, better educational outcomes, and lower rates of disease which over time will save taxpayers money," Pawar said. "The reason we are considered a food apartheid or in this food apartheid is because of disinvestment, and the disinvestment has come locally from government," said Aisha Butler, Resident Association of Greater Englewood.Butler said rather than a city-owned grocery, the city should empower local entrepreneurs.
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