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Milwaukee committee directs 60‑day plan to retain grocery stores and neighborhood pharmacies, adds $2.8 million for local food access
Summary
The Community and Economic Development Committee asked city departments to produce strategies within 60 days to retain and attract full‑service grocery stores and pharmacies and approved phased funding and program design to support local grocers, co‑ops and nonprofit food providers.
The Community and Economic Development Committee on an afternoon meeting directed the Department of City Development and the Health Department to produce recommendations within 60 days outlining strategies to retain and attract full‑service grocery stores and neighborhood pharmacies, a measure committee members said responds to repeated closures in historically disinvested neighborhoods.
Alderman Cox, the lead sponsor, told the committee the legislation is intended to address food deserts and pharmacy losses and asked staff for a broad set of options — from municipalization to co‑ops, delivery models and zoning changes — that could be brought back for council consideration. "My hope is that along with the other pieces of legislation we'll have…
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