The state of Illinois is creating a $20 million grant program aimed at bringing grocery stores to areas that lack easy access to fresh foods.
on the South Side of Chicago in recent years have highlighted the issue in urban communities, but some rural areas also lack access to grocery stores.
The bulk of the program’s funding will go toward financial assistance in the form of grants or loans for purposes such as feasibility studies, marketing, salaries and benefits for workers, down-payment or rent assistance, capital improvements, or for buying and establishing a new grocery store. Grant recipients also will qualify for other incentives such as tax exemptions on utilities and building materials.
“The $20 million to fund this program pales in comparison to the dollars we spend on visits, health insurance programs, incarceration and loss of productivity,” Belt said. “If we truly are what we eat, then the return on investment of this program should be astronomical.” Underscoring the widespread nature of the problem, Republican Sen. Dale Fowler of Harrisburg, who represents the southern tip of the state and co-sponsored the proposal, said there’s an entire county in his district without a single grocery store.
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