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DIRE NEED FOR LOCAL FOOD
IN THREE WEST LOUISVILLE
COMMUNITIES.
COLIN MAYFIELD REPORTS
ON WHY A VACANT 24-ACRE
SITE COULD BE THE KEY TO
LINKING SUPPLY AND
DEMAND.
there's a growing demand for
local food
here in louisville, but with the
emergence
of a west louisville food hub on
this site, it
could strengthen production and
distribution to meet demand
the idea of planting seeds here
to bring
this space and these
neighborhoods back
to life is certainly part of
what we're
excited about
SITTING BETWEEN MARKET
STREET AND MUHAMMAD ALI
BLVD ON 30TH STREET IS A 24
ACRE SITE.. READY FOR
DEVELOPMENT
SEED CAPITAL KENTUCKY - A
LOCAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT -
SAW THE OPPORTUNITY AND
BOUGHT THE SPACE FOR 1.2
MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE
CITY.
THE DEVELOPER IS
FOCUSED ON GROWING THE
LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY AND
SUPPORTING REGIONAL
FARMERS - BRINGING TO LIFE
THE FOOD HUB IN THE
MIDDLE OF A USDA-
CERTIFIED FOOD DESERT.
local food not available in the
way other
kinds of food like industrial
scale food
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
RELATED BUSINESSES WILL
FILL THE LOT, INCLUDING A
70-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT
WAREHOUSE.
have an aggregation business,
distribution business, some
storage and a
kitchen incubation program
THE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY
FEDERAL TAX CREDITS AND
SEVERAL FOUNDATIONS,
INCLUDING GOVERNMENT
GRANTS AND PRIVATE FUNDS
TOTALING MORE THAN 14
MILLION DOLLARS.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
SUSTAINABILITY IS A BIG
FACTOR FOR THE PROJECT.
about 250 jobs and 170 of them
are new
jobs, and the exciting thing is
that they'll
be available to people in these
neighborhoods
BILL JONES HAS OWNED AND
OPERATED DAD'S MUFFLER
SHOP SINCE 1973.
whenever you have vacant land
like that
and land in disrepair it hurts
business
HE BELIEVES SINCE
NATIONAL TOBACCO LEFT
THE SITE, DEVELOPMENT IS
EXACTLY WHAT THE SPACE
NEEDED.
nothing builds business like
more
business, so if you want more
business
in the west end, move more
businesses
in
DEVELOPERS SAY CREWS
SHOULD START BREAKING
GROUND BY NEXT YEAR.
STORES SHOULD BE UP AND
READY FOR BUSINESS BY
2016.
THE WORLDS BIGGEST