Congresswoman Marcia Fudge delivers this week’s CBC Message To America focusing on the plight of children in this country. Fudge explained to viewers that parents, teachers, students and community activists tell her the same thing -- “children across this country need our help.”
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Friday, August 7, 2015. (Interview with Lr. Gov. Ellspermann At 1:56 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). One of Afternoons with Amos’ fun excursions is broadcasting from the Indiana State Fair. Especially on Opening Day. The broadcast occurred live from the Fair’s Grandstand and as always focused on one of […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Friday, July 31, 2015. News of a historical discovery, interviews with the leader of the largest African-American religious denomination and one of Indy’s mayor candidates makes a strong proposal of dealing with the food desert crisis dominated Afternoons with Amos for the last day of July. (Interviews With National […]
URGENT UPDATE: On Saturday, July 25th, elected officials, ministers, community leaders and the public met at Flanner House to begin developing strategies to cope with the loss of the Double 8 stores. Strategies include shuttles for those without transportation to be able to do basic grocery shopping. Other options and plans are being explored. Afternoons […]
#WTLCIndyNews: Indy-Area Grocery Chain ‘Double 8 Foods’ Closes Creating ‘Food Deserts’ In Inner-City
Source: Kim Wells -kimwellsmedia Indianapolis-based grocery store chain Double 8 Foods, formerly known as Seven Eleven Supermarket, did not open for business on Thursday morning at 7 o’clock as they have done each morning for more than the last five decades. Instead, in a move that will likely increase food deserts in inner-city Indianapolis, the stores […]
In a move that will likely increase food deserts in inner-city Indianapolis, local grocery store chain Double 8 Foods, formerly known as Seven Eleven Supermarket, abruptly went out of business Thursday morning. The family-owned and operated business had been operating on Indianapolis’ north side for the past 58 years serving and catering to mostly shoppers […]
It has been almost 30 years since a grocer entered the marketplace in Indianapolis’ downtown landscape. This ends on Thursday when Marsh opens its doors on a “Marsh the Marketplace.” Officials with Marsh grocery stores say it will meet the needs of urban customers who are part of a new surge of residential living downtown. […]
Hunts Point, an isolated and poor neighborhood in New York City’s borough of The Bronx, hosts the largest marketplace for fresh produce, meat, and fish in the northeastern United States. Huge trucks come and go at all hours of the day and night, carrying food to supermarket chains and the region’s finest restaurants. RELATED: America’s […]
“Food desert” is a term commonly used to describe communities with little or no access to healthy food, including fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and diary products. Millions of Americans — mostly poor, many African-Americans — live in these areas. In fact, the United States Department of Agriculture reports that about 23.5 million Americans currently live […]
