Healthy Food Establishment Fund / Feed the Change MKE
Summary
Many speakers supported a $1 million investment in the Healthy Food Establishment Fund to build community-owned grocery stores, gardens, and farmers markets on the food-apartheid-hit Northwest Side.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 13
- Last 30 days
- 13
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 6, 2026.
Impact analysis
Speakers asked for $1 million in the 2027 budget for the fund.
Northwest Side residents — especially Black and Latino families — living miles from a full-service grocery store.
None cited; opponents of the fund were not heard.
Mentions & discussions (2)
FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE — October 6, 2026
After four hours of public testimony the night before, alders demanded clarity on the $1.8 million grocery fund — the RIF GAAP program has seven to ten applicants but no dollars allocated yet. DCD promised a written roadmap covering DCD and Health Department funds.
COMMON COUNCIL — October 5, 2026
Many speakers supported a $1 million investment in the Healthy Food Establishment Fund to build community-owned grocery stores, gardens, and farmers markets on the food-apartheid-hit Northwest Side.
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