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Title: Supermarket Gentrification: Part of


1
Supermarket Gentrification Part of the Dietary
Divide
  • Peter Zelchenko
  • http//zelchenko.comhttp//ward43.blogspot.compe
    te_at_printchicago.com

2
Food planning Unprecedented interdisciplinary
activity
  • Formalized policy/research initiatives
  • CSU Department of Geography NAC
  • Chicago Food System Collaborative
  • Children CLOCC and Healthy Schools Campaign
  • MCICs Chain Reaction Study
  • Family Farmed
  • Institute for Community Resource Development
  • Policy Research Action Group Loyola CSU,
    DePaul, NLU, UIC

3
Food planning...
  • Activists and local organizations
  • CCCP, CDPH
  • Claire Pentecost
  • Dock Walls and CFABC Reform Dominicks
  • Pat Dowell-Cerasoli and NWSCDC
  • West Town and the war for independents

4
Food planning...
  • Officials
  • Alds. Laurino and Flores Supermarket Task Force
  • Minority legislators for CLOCCs Consensus Agenda
  • Ald. Floress anti-restrictive covenant ordinance
  • Citys increased promotion of farmers markets

5
Food planning...
  • Farms and CSAs
  • Growing Home
  • Ken Dunns City Farm
  • Regional CSAs and farms

6
The trouble in West Town
  • Gentrifying community losing last independent
    supermarkets
  • Observations
  • Prices Found Jewel and Dominicks prices
    significantly higher
  • Store size Found Jewel and Dominicks obsessed
    with much larger stores...

7
The trouble in West Town...
  • Observations...
  • Why are they so big and why do they cost more?
  • The land value hypothesis
  • But many shoppers prefer multiple medium-size
    markets nearby, not one big megastore
  • Draw a connection to the high and low ends

8
Solution Core services initiative
  • Obtain land
  • Establish special occupancy conditions
  • Incentives Rent, taxes artificially reduced
  • We did it backwards in West Town

9
Solution Core services initiative...
  • Implementation
  • Roll out immediately in identified emergency
    areas
  • Ultimate goal is to have walkable competition for
    services
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