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Little Rock officials highlight mobile grocery and $1M ARPA funding to tackle food deserts
Summary
Director Cathy Webb and Food Commission chair Kevin Shalin told the Planning Commission the city has set aside $1 million in ARPA funds and will roll out a newly arrived mobile grocery to serve neighborhoods more than a mile from full-service stores.
Cathy Webb, a city director involved in food-access work, told the Little Rock Planning Commission on Dec. 11 that the city has allocated $1,000,000 in ARPA funds to address food deserts and will soon deploy a newly arrived mobile grocery to neighborhoods without convenient access to fresh produce. Webb said a state law passed in 2025 authorizes funding programs to help grocers but that those programs are still awaiting…
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