The following are the recommendations suggested
by the residents of Del Paso Heights and North Sacramento (continued)
Long Range Recommendations:
- Establish a Competitively Priced Supermarket in a Convenient
Location
- Begin working with developers to place a large chain grocery
store in the area. In No Place to Shop: Challenges and
Opportunities Facing the Development of Supermarkets in Urban
America, Zy Weinberg writes that this strategy could be
successful with the collaboration of a "community development
group with experience in neighborhood revitalization and/or
commercial enterprises, teamed with a food retailer, one or
more financial institutions, real estate interests, and local
government entities."
- Improve public transportation to markets that supply quality
affordable food
- Continue to support the implementation of the Del Paso
Heights Community Shuttle Project and follow up on outreach
to ensure that it is reaching useful food sources, improving
food access.
- Research the possibility of a "food shuttle"
which picks people up directly from their residence and takes
them to the grocery store or Farmers' Market and home again.
- Establish effective communication between residents and
the Regional Transit System (RT) so that RT can hear customer
concerns and have the opportunity to remedy customer service
issues.
- Encourage local grocers to implement home delivery services
within the community to public housing units, senior complexes,
and other heavily populated locations.
- Establish a Farmer's market in North Sacramento Area.
- Work with the Certified Farmer's Market to pursue the economic
feasibility of a North Sacramento Farmer's Market.
- Work with neighborhood associations to schedule carpools
to and from current Farmer's Markets
- Organize a residential buying club where residents can buy
food in bulk through wholesalers.
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