The city announced the new grocery access initiative and committed to filling the retail gaps in our food deserts. This victory belongs to all 508 of you who refused to accept grocery store closures as inevitable. Keep watching the upcoming council meetings to ensure they follow through on these promises.
March 18, 2017
Final supporters
Recent announcements have stated that several grocery stores are closing in the Louisville area. All of these grocery stores are located in Louisville neighborhoods already known to be food deserts*
Southland Terrace Kroger in Shively closed:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/20...
Pic-Pac in Russell, a West Louisville neighborhood, closing:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/20...
Kroger In Old Louisville slated to close this month
http://www.whas11.com/news/retail-drain-continues-...
As a "Compassionate City," Metro Louisville must put its resources into ensuring every neighborhood has equitable access to nutritious, desirable food.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has stated:
“There’s a role for all of us in making sure no one is left behind or goes wanting.”
Food is a human right.
We must hold Greg, our Metro Council legislators, as well as the retailers, accountable. Kroger has simultaneously built large, variety filled, grocery stores in affluent neighborhoods:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/20...
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/no...
*Food Deserts - Locations with little to no access to fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and other ingredients for nutritious meals
Updates
February 2, 2017
We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit this threshold to force a response from the City Council. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now. Text the link to three neighbors who live in affected wards.
Reached 100 supporters
January 9, 2017
202 Comments
We cannot have food deserts and be considered a compassionate city. Access to good, healthy food is the foundation to good health and is one of the components that will help close the gap between zip code disparities.
Do NOT close Kroger stores in these areas that need grocery stores so desperately! If you have the money to add huge stores in the east end, you can well afford to provide services where they are truly needed! If these stores are closed, I will stop shopping at Kroger in the future.
My mother lives at Treyton Oak Towers. I get groceries for her every day at the Kroger's on 2nd street. We do not have a car. Delivery from ValuMarket costs $7. We are not the only ones who need this Kroger store. Get back to the table!
This closure will impact hundreds of older adults in the apartments in the area, as well as the students attending two universities. Many constituents in this area do not have the means or ability to drive to the Kroger in several neighborhoods over.
I work in a good desert. I teach young children who have to ride on long bus rides to get to a grocery store that carries fresh produce. It isn't right to withhold a necessity from our future. Give them food in stores in their neighborhoods!
The recent closing of Kroger on 2nd St. is an obvious injury to many people who depend on it. Incomprehensible. If Trader Joe's or Aldi's were to consider opening a store in that space would they have any better chance to negotiate the kind of lease they would need?
I am saddened by the loss of 2nd St Kroger market. Only another market of its same size and offering to take its place is acceptable. Thanks to the store managers for the bus service. And Lind Keeton!!! terrific.
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The city announced the new grocery access initiative and committed to filling the retail gaps in our food deserts. This victory belongs to all 508 of you who refused to accept grocery store closures as inevitable. Keep watching the upcoming council meetings to ensure they follow through on these promises.
March 18, 2017
Final supporters
Recent announcements have stated that several grocery stores are closing in the Louisville area. All of these grocery stores are located in Louisville neighborhoods already known to be food deserts*
Southland Terrace Kroger in Shively closed:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/20...
Pic-Pac in Russell, a West Louisville neighborhood, closing:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/20...
Kroger In Old Louisville slated to close this month
http://www.whas11.com/news/retail-drain-continues-...
As a "Compassionate City," Metro Louisville must put its resources into ensuring every neighborhood has equitable access to nutritious, desirable food.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has stated:
“There’s a role for all of us in making sure no one is left behind or goes wanting.”
Food is a human right.
We must hold Greg, our Metro Council legislators, as well as the retailers, accountable. Kroger has simultaneously built large, variety filled, grocery stores in affluent neighborhoods:
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/20...
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/no...
*Food Deserts - Locations with little to no access to fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and other ingredients for nutritious meals
Updates
February 2, 2017
We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit this threshold to force a response from the City Council. Post the link to your Facebook feed right now. Text the link to three neighbors who live in affected wards.
Reached 100 supporters
January 9, 2017
202 Comments
Kroger's move to suburban mega-stores, at the expense of smaller inner city human sized stores is driving me to shop elsewhere. Please invest in and maintain smaller, quality stores. It works for Aldi's and Trader Joe's, it should work for Kroger.
We cannot have food deserts and be considered a compassionate city. Access to good, healthy food is the foundation to good health and is one of the components that will help close the gap between zip code disparities.
Do NOT close Kroger stores in these areas that need grocery stores so desperately! If you have the money to add huge stores in the east end, you can well afford to provide services where they are truly needed! If these stores are closed, I will stop shopping at Kroger in the future.
My mother lives at Treyton Oak Towers. I get groceries for her every day at the Kroger's on 2nd street. We do not have a car. Delivery from ValuMarket costs $7. We are not the only ones who need this Kroger store. Get back to the table!
This closure will impact hundreds of older adults in the apartments in the area, as well as the students attending two universities. Many constituents in this area do not have the means or ability to drive to the Kroger in several neighborhoods over.
I work in a good desert. I teach young children who have to ride on long bus rides to get to a grocery store that carries fresh produce. It isn't right to withhold a necessity from our future. Give them food in stores in their neighborhoods!
The recent closing of Kroger on 2nd St. is an obvious injury to many people who depend on it. Incomprehensible. If Trader Joe's or Aldi's were to consider opening a store in that space would they have any better chance to negotiate the kind of lease they would need?
I am saddened by the loss of 2nd St Kroger market. Only another market of its same size and offering to take its place is acceptable. Thanks to the store managers for the bus service. And Lind Keeton!!! terrific.
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Kroger's move to suburban mega-stores, at the expense of smaller inner city human sized stores is driving me to shop elsewhere. Please invest in and maintain smaller, quality stores. It works for Aldi's and Trader Joe's, it should work for Kroger.