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Little Rock City launches mobile food market to tackle food deserts
Summary
Little Rock City announced a mobile food market designed to bring fresh groceries into underserved neighborhoods, supported by community partners and nearly $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding and led by UA Little Rock and the University District Development Corporation.
Little Rock City on May 11, 2026, unveiled a new mobile food market intended to improve access to fresh groceries in neighborhoods the city describes as food deserts.
City Director Kathy Webb said the city allocated "close to a million dollars of American Rescue Plan Act money" to support the effort and credited a multi‑sector Food Commission and community partners for getting the program underway. "This is about giving people, regardless of their zip code, access to the same food that I get to have," Webb said.
Marty North Hamilton, vice chairman of the University District…
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