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"To Have Quality of Life, We Must Have Quality Food"

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The Community Action Task Force (CATF) along with several supporting organizations strives to help bring a full service grocery store and health promoting services to The North End of Hartford

In partnership with Hartford’s Invest Health team and the Hartford Community Loan Fund, Hartford Food System (HFS) is promoting the development of the Healthy Hartford Hub (‘HHH’ or ‘The Hub’).

The Hub is a proposed mixed-use development

which aims to incorporate a full-service grocery store, health-promoting services, and other retail space to serve residents of Hartford, especially those in the North End, Asylum Hill, and Downtown neighborhoods.

Hear Our Stories

Members of the CATF had the opportunity to attend the Wellville Convening In Lake County, CA where they shared their WHY's and what keeps them committed to bringing a full service grocery store and other health promoting services to their community. Part of the Wellville Stories series which highlights stories of the people creating equitable wellbeing in the five Wellville Communities.

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4 Prongs

To Build A Healthier HARTFORD

ONE

Full service grocery store stocked with healthy and high quality food including produce, meat and seafood department, etc.

two

Health promoting services focusing on holistic health, diet and family oriented activities

three

A thriving district and destination of BIPOC owned small businesses

four

Affordable homeownership programs for mixed incomes

At a deeper level each prong addresses needs of the community found through surveys and one on one conversations conducted in and around the North Hartford location.

The location of the full service grocery store in the Arrowhead Gateway area just outside of Downtown Hartford (the intersection of Albany Avenue and Main Street) serves as a “meeting point” for the city with 12 bus routes running through or nearby.

This space, also called the Healthy Hartford Hub can also serve as a “hub” for the health of our city, with several proposed development projects such as unique retail and restaurant businesses many of which will be owned by BIPOC community members, play fields, the future site of the ONLY Puerto Rican Diaspora museum, fitness and community centers, green space and space for walking, talking and meeting, plus more which will knit the community together as a destination for not just purchasing food but also for forging connections.

Why Is Our Main Focus On A

Full Service Grocery Store?

122.5K

Residents call Hartford

their home

80%

Of residents shop in the surrounding suburbs for their main household dietary needs

Full Service Grocery Store

in our capital city

$60m

In possible lost revenue due to the lack

of a full service grocery store &

other anchor retail shopping choices

*Number of full service grocery stores

available to North Hartford Residents within

walking distance/one bus ride.

Albany & Main?

Why

IF ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF A NEW GROCERY STORE IS TO SERVE NORTH END RESIDENTS, WHY FOCUS ON THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET AND ALBANY AVENUE?

Various Vegetables in a Pink Zero Waste Bag

SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS

We’ve seen too many grocery stores open and close in our community (remember all the grocery stores in Unity Plaza?)

MARKET STUDY

To find out if and where a store could be sustainable, a 2017 independent market study (with 2019 update) projected Main/Albany to be the best location for a successful, sustainable full-service supermarket

LOCATION MATTERS

The Main/Albany intersection is within 10 minutes of most north end households, whether they own a vehicle or not, and within 15 minutes of all North End residents.