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To celebrate the grand opening of the Jubilee Market and Café and to recognize this important new resource for affordable and healthy food for the residents of Franklinton and the City of Columbus.
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WHEREAS, on May 16, 2018 The Lower Lights Christian Health Center will open the Jubilee Market and Café at 1160 West Broad Street in Franklinton; and
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Agriculture has designated Franklinton as an area in which residents have low access to healthy food and the closest full-service grocery store is approximately 1 1/4 miles away; and
WHEREAS, The Jubilee Market will be a non-profit grocery store and café that will increase access to healthy quality, affordable foods including: fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meat, bread, canned goods and nutritious daily meals for Franklinton residents; and
WHEREAS, The Jubilee Market and Café will be built on 3 strategic community pillars: first it will serve as a catalyst for nutrition education; second it will promote workforce development in Franklinton, and third it will act as a social enterprise for the community; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus partnered with Franklin County to create the Local Food Action Plan which was adopted by Columbus City Council in November 2016, and
WHEREAS, the opening of the Jubilee Market and Café directly supports the Local Food Action Plan by increasing access to and education about healthy food, affordable food and local food and by increasing the role of food in economic development; and
WHEREAS, the city is committed to ensuring that all residents have improved access to and education about healthy food, affordable food and local food ; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby recognize the grand opening of the Jubilee Market and Café and congratulates the Lower Lights Christian Health Ministry on their efforts to increase access to healthy and affordable food for resi...
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