How can corner store initiatives link with broader efforts to develop healthy communities and provide access to healthy foods for everyone?
Corner stores are part of a broader landscape, so it’s valuable to consider corner store projects within a larger community design context. Find out who else in your target community is working to implement healthy changes—this may include health organizations, planners, child advocacy groups, and neighborhood associations. Consider how to frame corner store issues using lenses that are important to them, such as public health, economic development, and community safety. Explore whether you can coordinate efforts or develop integrated approaches to improving food access and community health. You may find opportunities to connect corner store work with other efforts through community development initiatives, public health campaigns, or food policy councils. Corner store projects can be part of a broader initiative to improve food retail in underserved areas, which might also include a plan to attract a larger grocery store. Healthy corner stores can be linked with nearby farmers’ market
