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Milwaukee moves to address 'food apartheid': 90‑day review, $100,000 market‑match, and notice requirement for store closures
Summary
Council members and city departments agreed on a 90‑day work plan to address grocery closures, allocated $100,000 to Feeding America for market‑match, declared 'food apartheid' a public‑health emergency, and adopted a substitute ordinance requiring advance notice when retail food establishments plan to close.
Committee members pressed city departments on a coordinated response to recent grocery and pharmacy closures and advanced three related items: a communication and staff working groups to study access to fresh food, a resolution declaring "food apartheid" a public‑health emergency, and a substitute ordinance that requires written notice to the city when retail food establishments plan to close.
Alderman Russell Stamper introduced the resolution declaring food apartheid a public‑health emergency and directing the Milwaukee Health Department to treat elimination of food apartheid as a core public‑health objective and to report back to the Common Council within 90 days. "When grocery stores close without warning, residents are left without access to fresh, healthy food — that is a public‑health…
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