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North Baton Rouge Gets $2M for Fresh Food Initiative
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:10 pm
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NBR is getting this fresh food initiativeand has gotten it's emergency room. Both create jobs in the area.
What will be the excuse now on why NBR will still be terrible in 10 years?
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Healthy BR has received $2 million in grants to promote food security and the availability of fresh food in the 70805, 70802 and 70807 zip codes, East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced Thursday.
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The funds will support discounted fresh food, a mobile market, a community-led outdoor space, an urban youth farm and an initiative to bring grocery stores to food deserts. The money came from the Humana Foundation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation.
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"I made a commitment to invest in disinvested communities, and with today’s announcement, we are doing just that," said Mayor Broome in a press release. "By working alongside the community, we will address the social determinants of health that affect the lives of all residents. This program will address food insecurity and social isolation, which brings us one step closer to becoming a community of peace, prosperity, and progress."
NBR is getting this fresh food initiativeand has gotten it's emergency room. Both create jobs in the area.
What will be the excuse now on why NBR will still be terrible in 10 years?
This post was edited on 10/18/18 at 12:17 pm
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Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:12 pm to rowbear1922
St George left and took the money with them, that’s what.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:14 pm to rowbear1922
Even if a decent store opens in NBR it won't last 2 years.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:16 pm to fallguy_1978
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Even if a decent store opens in NBR it won't last 2 years.
I don't know how much is going towards attracting a grocery store, but I bet someone will take that money, open some halfass store, then sell/close willing running away with the tax dollars.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:17 pm to fallguy_1978
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Even if a decent store opens in NBR it won't last 2 years.
Very true. It's not a desert, it's an urban wasteland. The area looks like a Fallout video game
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:18 pm to rowbear1922
It's private funding so I don't care but I wonder what political favors she promised the donors.
This is going to be a feeding frenzy (see what I did there) for graft and corruption.
This is going to be a feeding frenzy (see what I did there) for graft and corruption.
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discounted fresh food, a mobile market, a community-led outdoor space, an urban youth farm and an initiative to bring grocery stores to food deserts
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:18 pm to rowbear1922
Oh, this thread again
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:18 pm to rowbear1922
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an urban youth farm
These I can support. There is so much blighted land that could be used for community gardens. The people growing on it could learn a valuable skill and have purpose, plus learn the value of patience and hard work.
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Even if a decent store opens in NBR it won't last 2 years.
This is a fallacy. There are many small grocery stores in those areas. There’s a hi nabor on Victoria, a save-more on plank, and lots of small little places with fresh produce and meat and foodstuffs.
So they have to travel a few miles, oh well. Out in rural areas you might have to travel dozens of miles to a grocery store.
This post was edited on 10/18/18 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:20 pm to rowbear1922
Do they even supply and demand bro?
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:21 pm to fallguy_1978
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Even if a decent store opens in NBR it won't last 2 years.
True
On the bright side, i doubt very many ppl will be stealing kale and quinoa, so they got that going for them
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:22 pm to rowbear1922
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urban youth farm
Weed?
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:24 pm to rowbear1922
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a mobile market,
like that won't get stolen.
my dream is for a walk on's to open on harding blvd, a tj ribs on plank road and a banana republic on scenic.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:26 pm to Skillet
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my dream is for a walk on's to open on harding blvd, a tj ribs on plank road and a banana republic on scenic.
Why exactly? I guess I am missing something.....besides the TJ Ribs reason
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:28 pm to rowbear1922
quote:we gonna grow urban youths?
urban youth farm
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:28 pm to TheFonz
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urban youth farm
Weed?
Is it bad that I don’t even care if they grow weed? They are learning horticulture and agriculture. A valuable skill. Maybe if they can learn to stop killing each other over stupid shite they can make their shithole 3rd world part of town livable again.
This post was edited on 10/18/18 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:29 pm to Skillet
Yes give them discounted fresh food so the will spend more EBT on fricking lil debbies, cases of cokes and monsters. No one actually believes they aren't buying fresh food bc it cost too much. They rather eat unhealthy crap bc they can buy whatever they want.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:31 pm to jimbeam
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we gonna grow urban youths?
You get the seeds out the dumpsters behind planned parenthood.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:31 pm to rowbear1922
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North Baton Rouge Gets $2M for Fresh Food Initiative
This post was edited on 10/18/18 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:31 pm to fr33manator
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These I can support. There is so much blighted land that could be used for community gardens. The people growing on it could learn a valuable skill and have purpose, plus learn the value of patience and hard work.
Those hoodrats will destroy any program like that. These people are poor for s reason and it's nothing an urban farm will fix
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:32 pm to AP83
Could we skip all of these delays and just send them to Angola? The farm is already set up and working for over 100 years.
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