[Electronic-lan] downtown grocery

[Lawrence Assoc of Neighborhoods]

Neighbors in and around downtown Lawrence:



On behalf of the Downtown Grocery Committee
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/DTGrocery/>, I’d like to invite your
neighborhood association leadership to participate in a public meeting at
the Lawrence Public Library on May 25. The purpose of the meeting is to
learn more about efforts to establish a grocery store in downtown Lawrence
to address the federally designated food desert that impacts neighborhoods
in northeast Lawrence.



The meeting will be from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 25, in Meeting Room C
on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont Street.



Also, I’ve attached a map to illustrate the food desert issue in Lawrence.
For additional information, please take a look at the following articles
published online by the Lawrence Journal-World:



http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/dec/19/those-living-
lawrences-food-deserts-getting-food-t/

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/jan/02/lawrence-city-
commission-hear-update-local-grocery/



Finally, the site plan for development of a downtown grocery store at 700
New Hampshire Street has been submitted to the City of Lawrence. The plan
and application document are attached and can be accessed at
https://lawrenceks.org/pds/submittals/.



Thank you for reviewing this information. For additional information and to
stay informed about the committee’s work, please visit/join the committee’s
Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/DTGrocery/.





Charlie Bryan, MPA

Community Health Planner

Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ku.edu/pipermail/electronic-lan/attachments/20170423/c4df7791/attachment.html>