Hospital Hill Economic Development Corporation

“John bluford iii, charlie shields and cindy circo have business relationships.”

“Hhedc's governing documents and financial statements are available upon request.”

“There is a food selection crisis in kansas city's urban core. Residents are unable to find a grocery store in their neighborhoods. This leaves urban dwellers with limited options: make fast foods their daily fare, shop corner stores that provide little or no food of nutritional value, or catch city transportation to a grocery store and inconveniently attempt to transport groceries back home. Within a 1.5 mile radius of hhedc, there are only 3 grocery stores, a high dollar specialty store downtown, a neighborhood grocery with little emphasis on healthy eating, and an off brand discount grocery for a population of over 27,000 people. Over a quarter of those residents live in a household without a vehicle. Therefore, to serve the health needs of the community, the hhedc for its initial project, will establish an affordable, full scale grocery store and market near hhedc. Not only will this clean, high service urban market have displays of fresh, healthy foods from local growers, programming that will educate the community on eating right, understanding food labels and healthy cooking techniques, but the store will also be a catalyst for creating numerous jobs. Grocery store management specialists state that the supply chain necessary for an efficient store brings an average of 150 to 175 new jobs to the area. The store will range between 30,000 and 40,000 square feet and will be located within a mile of hhedc. The hhedc store will put a premium on local businesses and encourage entrepreneurship and will attempt to make local businesses and farmers as much as a part of our supply chain as possible. We will cater to all people in the area in a way that is relevant to their culture and lives from providing foods specific to an ethnicity to displays and recipes written in other languages, everyone will feel at home and accepted at the hhedc store. Local grocery shopping, local jobs and local pride equate to starting a better quality of life. This is the ultimate goal of hhedc.”

“In addition to the hhedc grocery on hospital hill, the hhedc has developed a mobile market that will help to alleviate food deserts throughout the kansas city area by taking fresh produce to the people. Partnering with kcata, a city bus has been outfitted with shelves and coolers full of healthy fruits, vegetables and dry goods at cost. The hhedc mobile market travels the metropolitan area making stops at predetermined locations to provide grocery shopping to various neighborhoods. The mobile market operates two days a week year round and evenings and weekends as requested for special community events. In 2014 an estimated 7000 transactions were completed. This has allowed the hhedc to gain a much broader reach in desperate areas until a stationary grocery store can be built. Along with providing fresh fruits and vegetables the mobile market attends events where health screenings and educational programs are being delivered to improve health literacy throughout the urban core.”

“Description:consulting total fees:165096”

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