Collaborating to Take on Food Retail Disparities

Since 2020, CHARP faculty and students collaborated with community partners and faculty at UNC Charlotte and JCSU to design a holistic food cooperative that could better respond to decades of disinvestment in food retail in West Charlotte. Below are links to press releases, news stories, and a case study about this project.

Collaborating to take on food retail disparities (December 2020)

Presentation to the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners (October 2021)

The Charlotte Observer: Grocery stores abound, but Charlotte food deserts still prevalent (June 2023)

WFAE Report: Fried, processed, ‘Everything but healthy’: How Charlotte is trying to address food deserts (November 2023)

$5 Million+ from Mecklenburg County, Charlotte City Council, and HUD will support a new, cooperative grocery store for West Boulevard (October 2023)

Case Study report: A Taste of Change