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Mark Your Calendars: Healthy Food Access Portal
Offers New Webinars in May
Register Today!
Thursday, May 2
<https://cc.readytalk.com/r/3s1ufdgf51lm>The Grocery Gap: A Training for Grocers<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ahKNL4PEJ9KLJ1ORG&s=fpKNJYPGKlINLPMpGkG&m=hfIUJYMuGaLJL3L>
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Eastern
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This webinar will highlight financial resources and tools available to grocers building or expanding stores in their communities. Experts from the supermarket industry will discuss lessons learned from the field and the innovative business models that have been adopted by grocers to improve healthy food access.
Presenters Include:
* John Weidman, Deputy Executive Director, The Food Trust
* David Smith, Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Associated Wholesaler Grocers Inc.
* Bob Durand, Member Services Director, Associated Wholesaler Grocers Inc.
Register here<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=8pKJKYOwF7JHIOOCG&s=fpKNJYPGKlINLPMpGkG&m=hfIUJYMuGaLJL3L>.
Thursday, May 16
Baltimore: A Healthy Food Access Case Study<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=fmKXKjNYIeIZKlNcG&s=fpKNJYPGKlINLPMpGkG&m=hfIUJYMuGaLJL3L>
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
[https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account105231/images/womenshopping_orfood.jpg]Baltimore offers an important example of a city that has successfully implemented an inter-governmental initiative to increase access to healthy and affordable foods in underserved neighborhoods.
This webinar offers an in-depth exploration of Baltimore’s healthy food retail programs and accomplishments including its virtual supermarket program, the financing of two recent healthy food markets, and a just released study mapping food quality in Baltimore food markets.
Presenters Include:
* Laura Fox, Director, Baltimore Office of Chronic Disease Prevention
* Amanda Behrens, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Maryland Food System Mapping Project
* Dana Johnson, Market Leader Baltimore, The Reinvestment Fund
* Patricia Smith, Senior Policy Advisory, The Reinvestment Fund
Register here<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=elKVKgNUIeITJaN5F&s=fpKNJYPGKlINLPMpGkG&m=hfIUJYMuGaLJL3L>.
Thursday, May 30
Resources to Create or Expand Healthy Food Retail: Public and Private Grant and Loan Programs<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=elKVKgNUIeIYJaN0F&s=fpKNJYPGKlINLPMpGkG&m=hfIUJYMuGaLJL3L>
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern [https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account105231/images/food.jpg]
This webinar will provide an overview of the “Find Money” section of the Healthy Food Retail Portal and provide examples of specific federal, state, and local resources that can be tapped to create or expand healthy food retail opportunities in underserved communities.
Presenters Include:
* Pamela Porter, Executive Vice President, Strategic Consulting, Opportunity Finance Network
* Christine Fry, Senior Policy Analyst and Program Director, ChangeLab Solutions
* Khanh Nguyen, Portfolio Director – Healthy Living, The Colorado Health Foundation
* Patricia Smith, Senior Policy Advisor, The Reinvestment Fund
Register here.<https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=g8fi33o1us0x>
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