  Kpm Member Username: Kpm Post Number: 54 Registered: 08-2005 |
As reported in Crain's Detroit Business: A new financing fund in the works could bring fresh food to areas of Detroit that are starved for it. LaSalle Bank Midwest has committed $15,000 to the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. to study how a fund could help establish more grocers and fresh-food outlets in neighborhoods where convenience-store fare makes up the bulk of residents' diets... More at http://www.crainsdetroit.com/a pps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2007 0712/FREE/307120012/-1/newslet ter04 | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 894 Registered: 07-2005 |
What a waste of 15K. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 723 Registered: 01-2006 |
I'll believe it when I see it. | ||
Spidergirl Member Username: Spidergirl Post Number: 289 Registered: 12-2004 |
Here was the original study by LaSalle. It's pretty interesting. Let's hope some progress is made!! http://www.lasallebankmidwest. com/about/pdfs/strandedindeser t.pdf (Message edited by spidergirl on July 12, 2007) | ||
Civilprotectionunit4346 Member Username: Civilprotectionunit4346 Post Number: 218 Registered: 06-2007 |
They could have spent that money on Kwame's crack and hooker project. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 1148 Registered: 02-2006 |
Sweet, a study. | ||
Christos Member Username: Christos Post Number: 93 Registered: 12-2006 |
The only person who was able to operate a good store in the inner-city was Borman. If only he could buy a few sites and show everyone a thing or two....... | ||
Spidergirl Member Username: Spidergirl Post Number: 290 Registered: 12-2004 |
Borman as in founder of Farmer Jack's? You know they folded, right? | ||
J_stone Member Username: J_stone Post Number: 380 Registered: 10-2003 |
I would happily pay upwards to a 15%-20% mark up (compared to comparable suburban stores) for a clean, well stocked, grocer, with fresh foods, and with a helpful/courteous staff somewhere near downtown. A place similar to Trader Joe's or one of those smaller speciality grocers like Westborn. How about a deli counter and decent hours? To keep the man-children, beggars, poor lost souls, trouble makers and thieves away, I'd gladly pay a yearly membership fee. Swipe card and security guard atcha! | ||
Downtownguy Member Username: Downtownguy Post Number: 39 Registered: 07-2004 |
J_stone, have you been to Harbortown Market on E. Jefferson? I have been going there since they opened about 20 years ago. The quality of goods, selection and service, are in my opinion, quite good. Also, they have good produce, a well stocked deli counter and are open every day (Sunday, too) until 9pm. I, too, am (somewhat) happy to spend a little bit more and keep my dollars in the city. As long as Detroiters continue to shop outside the city, the large chains will continue to avoid it. (Message edited by downtownguy on July 12, 2007) | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 724 Registered: 01-2006 |
I agree Downtown guy...harbortown market is great...if you can afford it. I usually went to the Farmer Jack on east jefferson, but only because of the price. The harbortown market seemed to have the better products. | ||
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c Post Number: 1004 Registered: 11-2003 |
I'm oblivious to the cost of groceries. When people say, for example, "the prices are too high at Harbortown", what exactly are they saying? What kind of difference are we talking about? Ten cents? Twelve bucks? Would someone give me an actual example? Sweet Corn: 89 cents at Harbor Town, 79 at FJ?! | ||
Softailrider Member Username: Softailrider Post Number: 55 Registered: 02-2007 |
If you had kids to feed and you were shopping for a family you would probably be a lot less oblivious . | ||
Granmontrules Member Username: Granmontrules Post Number: 120 Registered: 01-2007 |
Honey Bee is awesome in SW Detroit area and so is Mike's on Gratiot and 7 Mile. There are lots of good markets in the city (and lots of bad) but it is an urban myth that we don't have any good markets. | ||
Innovator Member Username: Innovator Post Number: 69 Registered: 07-2006 |
It is most certainly not an urban myth, however, that we do not have enough good markets, and that many neighborhoods in the city lack enough fresh food choices. Why exactly is this a waste of 15K? Access to fresh food should be universal. I can think of plenty of other things Detroit is spending money on that we should not be. |
