Ken Wilson wrote:Excuse me if I sound a bit strident here, but I have to react to the class- and race- based assumptions about who eats what, who deserves what, and whether good food shouldn't be closer to, well, us smarter, classier people in the eastern suburbs. ...
DanB wrote:Looks like a really cool idea. But I have to question the article's suggestion that in the West End "few healthy food options exist there". There's four chain groceries and a whole bunch of smaller places meaning everyone is a four minute car ride, an eight minute bike ride, or a 20 minute max walk to a chain grocery with what looks to me like really cheap produce prices. That's more produce at a lower distance than is available where I live.
On edit: If you measure from all the way on S 47th St i.e. as far West as you can go without being in Indiana, it's a 17 min bus ride to Krogers (but I stand corrected a 48 min walk). So while this project may be really visionary and ultracool, it's probably not a wise idea to base your investment case on the West End being a food desert. Pricing is going to be key if they want locals to shop there vs existing chains. Obviously concerns are valid that East Enders won't venture into a relatively higher crime zone if it's not really better than Whole Foods.
DanB wrote:Looks like a really cool idea. But I have to question the article's suggestion that in the West End "few healthy food options exist there". There's four chain groceries and a whole bunch of smaller places meaning everyone is a four minute car ride, an eight minute bike ride, or a 20 minute max walk to a chain grocery with what looks to me like really cheap produce prices. That's more produce at a lower distance than is available where I live.
On edit: If you measure from all the way on S 47th St i.e. as far West as you can go without being in Indiana, it's a 17 min bus ride to Krogers (but I stand corrected a 48 min walk). So while this project may be really visionary and ultracool, it's probably not a wise idea to base your investment case on the West End being a food desert. Pricing is going to be key if they want locals to shop there vs existing chains. Obviously concerns are valid that East Enders won't venture into a relatively higher crime zone if it's not really better than Whole Foods.
Alanna H wrote:Update: FoodPort project scrapped because anchor tenant pulled out.
http://www.wave3.com/story/32784295/west-louisville-food-port-project-scrapped
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