Posted on 12/01/2016 3:48:12 AM PST by Zakeet
In July, the city of Dallas offered at least $3 million to any grocery store willing to sell fresh produce and healthy food in a "southern Dallas food desert." For the first time, the city made it known it had money available, advertising in grocery trade publications. Decades of pleading, of keeping fingers crossed, begat the promise of cold, hard cash.
But officials said Wednesday they never found a taker.
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Council members had hoped a grocery store chain would agree to open at least one 25,000-square-foot store in southern Dallas and, preferably, one that could anchor a larger mixed-use development. The city's Office of Economic Development set aside millions from the city's Public/Private Partnership Program, which collects its money from Dallas residents' water bills and often uses it to offer incentives to developers.
The city set Wednesday as the come-and-get-it deadline.
And nobody came in ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
There are places in Memphis only a Mom & Pop store will open they are robbed on a daily basis practically. No big grocery stores will build there to dangerous. Even Hancock’s fabric store is robbed on a regular basis in Raleigh an out fringe of Memphis, not a safe place to go with out a gun.
Good point.
That is a pittance when it comes to building a full service grocery store. The city would have been better off donating that to local food banks for the truly hungry.
“My first impression, never having been to the are south of Dallas was there has to be a dark reason for “no takers”.”
Dr. Freud, pick up the white courtesy phone, please.
I’m sure there is a nice location somewhere on Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Apparently!!!!
Well, food desert is 1 mile from a store selling fresh fruits, veggies, etc. We are 2.1 miles from nearest store and it is a tiny store, not a big HEB or Whole Foods. Those are over 11 miles from our house. I do not feel like this is a food desert. We chose to live here away from big cities. After living near Houston and in Los Angeles County, we retired and moved to the quiet Texas hill country in Lago Vista, near Lake Travis. We love it here, and live here by choice. The last thing we want is a big super market out here in the wildlife areas.
Perhaps they need to have grocery stores set up like a bank or pharmacy.
Go in and up to the counter.
Give the clerk(behind bullet proof glass) your shopping list.
He rings it up and sends a “boy” to fill a box with your list.
Upon payment you get your box of groceries and leave.
I was thinking that too about $3 million being insufficient.
I drove through part of south Dallas c. August 15, 2016, and I thought I would never find the way to I-35. Everything needed painting.
I hear you. I am 2.5 miles from a grocery store of any kind. The grocery store I like is 4.1 miles away. The difference, I suppose, is that I take care of myself and my family, have a car, work a job, etc.
The people in the “food desert” - at least those who are often portrayed in articles about such - are welfare dependents or people who are dependent on tax payer supported mass transportation.
Stores in Watts are still burned out & never rebuilt.
For all the reasons listed here.
Sounds like NJ; everything needs painting, paving, etc..
I’ve seen several “stop” signs with branches/leaves covering them; it is very Third World here now. We have no money left because we have to pay the former workers who retired decades ago...
Bold added for clarity.
They have to believe their losses would exceed $3M the first time the clientele got het up.
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