Milwaukee awards Fresh Food Access Fund grants
Fresh Food Access Grant
MILWAUKEE - The city of Milwaukee on Friday, June 25 announced the recipients of multiple Fresh Food Access Fund grants.
The city identified 17 different programs that increase access to, or information about, healthy food in underserved neighborhoods. The program will share a total of up to $200,000 in city-funded grants.
The Fresh Food Access Fund grant recipients are located in neighborhoods on the south side, the north side, and the west side of the city. All awardees are required to match the city funds, so the grants will leverage at least $400,000 for efforts that promote healthy foods.
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A review panel that included several representatives from outside city government considered all the applications for the Fresh Food Access Fund program. Individual grants range in size from a thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars for large capital projects.
The grant recipients will move ahead on their projects as current health order restrictions are lifted. The city will distribute the grants to the awardees once documented expenses are submitted.
The funds were distributed in two groups – education and capital grants.
Education grant recipients
- Bay View Community Center - $5,000
- Bloom MKE Inc - $1,200
- CORE El Centro Inc - $5,000
- Coesha LLC - $5,000
- Great Lakes Community Conversation - $1,000
- Groundwork Milwaukee - $5,000
- Healthy Food Unlimited - $5,000
- Heart Love Place - $5,000
- Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee - $5,000
- Near West Side Partners - $2,000
- Teens Grow Greens - $4,855
- Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee - $5,000
Capital grant recipients
- By the Block LLC - $25,000
- DQ Investments - $50,000
- Interchange Food Pantry - $9,646
- Scott Crawford Inc. - $50,000
- Victory Garden Initiative - $24,600
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