CED Grant Awards Healthy Food Financing Initiative FY 2015

Publication Date: September 29, 2015
Current as of:

 

2015 CED-HFFI Grant Awards

Grantee Name City ST Award Amount
Community Services Unlimited, Inc. Los Angeles CA $294,490
El Pajaro Community Development Corporation Watsonville CA $799,363
Poverty Solutions, Inc. Los Angeles CA $800,000
LifeBridge Community Services Bridgeport CT $800,000
Brightwood Development Corporation Springfield MA $799,698
Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) Troy MI $150,000
Goler Depot Street Renaissance Corporation Winston-Salem NC $800,000
Tremont West Development Corporation Cleveland OH $742,699
Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc. Uniontown PA $800,000

 

 

Community Services Unlimited, Inc.

Location

827 W. 34th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Phone Number

213-746-1216

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1139

Grant Amount

$294,490

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2020

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Mr. Neelam Sharma

Project Description

Community Services Unlimited Inc. (CSU) will use $294,490 in CED-HFFI funding to expand CSU’s Village Market Place (VMP) social enterprise. This wholesale and retail food business focuses on increasing access to high quality, locally grown, fresh produce and other healthy foods at affordable prices. The Village Marketplace: Beyond Produce Business Expansion Project will increase the capacity of the Village Market Place to carry out business activities that go beyond selling fresh produce. The project will create 13 new, permanent, full-time jobs in the food retail, food processing, restaurant, and catering industries.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 13
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1

- Amount to be Leveraged: $1,127,900

 

EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Location

23 East Beach Street, Suite 209
Watsonville, CA 95076

Phone Number

831-722-1224

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1135

Grant Amount

$799,363

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2020

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Ms. Carmen Herrera-Mansir

Project Description

El Pajaro Community Development Corporation (EPCDC) will use $799,363 in CED-HFFI funds to construct a new food processing and distribution facility. The facility will install equipment to add two production lines to the commercial kitchen and make improvements to the berry cooling and processing space. The project will create 32 new, full-time jobs.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 32
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1

- Amount to be Leveraged: $1,925,555

 

Poverty Solutions, Inc.

Location

3699 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 610
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Phone Number

213-325-3037

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1138

Grant Amount

$800,000

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2018

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Mr. Frank Igwealor

Project Description

Poverty Solutions, Inc. (PSI) will use $800,000 in CED-HFFI funds to make loans to nine healthy-food businesses, such as an expansion of the Compton Tartar Farmers Market to open a mini-food hub at a location in Compton that housed a different farmers market that closed in 2005, as well as Optimal Foods, a fresh food service contractor that distributes healthy lunches to schools. Through these nine businesses, the project will create 60 new, full-time jobs.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 60
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 9

- Amount to be Leveraged: $254,070

 

LifeBridge Community Services

Location

475 Clinton Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06605

Phone Number

203-368-5552

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1134

Grant Amount

$800,000

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2018

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Mr. William Hass

Project Description

LifeBridge Community Services (LifeBridge) will use $800,000 in CED-HFFI funds to develop Fresh2U, a produce supply and delivery enterprise, that will provide healthy and affordable fresh produce to the low-income, distressed community of Bridgeport, CT. Fresh2U will tap the food sourcing and distribution expertise and purchasing power of non-profit and private sector partners to purchase, package and distribute pre-ordered individual boxes of fresh produce in centralized locations to low income individuals residing in food deserts. The delivery sites will be convenient to large concentrations of Bridgeport’s low-income population and include public housing projects, large churches, senior centers and social service agencies located in food deserts and eligible low-income neighborhoods. The Fresh2U enterprise and related activities will create 48 new and permanent full-time jobs.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 48
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1

- Amount to be Leveraged: 0

 

Brightwood Development Corporation

Location

11-13 Hampden Street
Springfield, MA 01103

Phone Number

413-272-2375

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1131

Grant Amount

$799,698

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2018

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Mr. Heriberto Flores

Project Description

Brightwood Development Corporation (BDC) will use $799,698 in CED-HFFI funds to assist healthy food enterprises start or expand their healthy food businesses through either incubation or acceleration activities. The project will create a community kitchen that will be available to produce food products more effectively and less costly. Participants will also have access to business counseling, coaching and technical assistance through a one-stop business development and assistance center. In addition, the project will provide financial assistance to help qualified participants. BDC food industry services (food technology, sales brokerage and distribution, warehouse, etc.) will also be available to participants. The project will create or expand at least 15 businesses and create 40 new, sustainable jobs in a viable healthy foods industry.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 40
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 15

- Amount to be Leveraged: 0

 

Arab American and Chaldean Council

Location

363 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 300
Troy, MI 48084

Phone Number

248-559-1990

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1132

Grant Amount

$150,000

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2020

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Dr. Haifa Fakhouri

Project Description

Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) will use $150,000 in CED-HFFI funds to develop a "Healthy Food Hub" and renovate a blighted property already owned by ACC. The building will house a healthy food distribution service and, in partnership with Detroit-based Forgotten Harvest, provide space for a three-seasons farmers' market and cottage industry incubator. In total, the renovated space funded through the CED-HFFI project will necessitate the hiring of 7 local residents from a socio-economically distressed neighborhood.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 7
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1

- Amount to be Leveraged: $855,900

 

Goler Depot Street Renaissance Corporation

Location

889 North Liberty Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27127

Phone Number

336-762-0595

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1137

Grant Amount

$800,000

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2018

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Mr. Michael Suggs

Project Description

Goler Street Depot Renaissance Corporation (GSDRC) will use $800,000 in CED-HFFI funds to support the opening of a new social enterprise restaurant and four community programs designed to improve healthy food access for nearby residents. The restaurant will serve as an anchor in the Goler community and provide new employment opportunities, while community programs will engage residents in growing, cooking, and selling healthy food. Project funds will allow for creation of the new, full-service restaurant, an expansion of catering services, and a new retail shop. The project will create 33 full-time, permanent jobs.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 33
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1

- Amount to be Leveraged: $904,657

 

Tremont West Development Corporation

Location

2406 Professor Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113

Phone Number

216-575-0920

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1136

Grant Amount

$742699

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2020

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Mr. Cory Riordan

Project Description

Tremont West Development Corporation (TWDC) will use $742,699 in CED-HFFI funding to help establish a 12,600 square foot grocery store in the central Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, a designated food desert. TWDC will provide a low-interest loan to Constantino’s Market, a family-owned and operated grocery business, for build-out and start-up costs. The project will create 30 new full-time, full-year grocery jobs.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 30
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1

- Amount to be Leveraged: $1,836,467

 

Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc.

Location

108 North Beeson Boulevard
Uniontown, PA 15401

Phone Number

724-430-3011

Grant Type

Community Economic Development Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CED-HFFI)

Grant Number

90EE1133

Grant Amount

$800,000

Project Period

9/30/2015 - 9/29/2018

Website

 

Authorizing Official

Mr. James Stark

Project Description

Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc. (FCCAA) will use $800,000 in CED-HFFI funds to expand the Republic Food Enterprise Center (RFEC). The RFEC will stimulate agricultural production, produce value-added products, distribute locally-grown produce and products, and develop retail outlets within food deserts throughout the region. Through the project, the RFEC will implement the region's first mobile farmers markets, which will combine the benefits of consuming healthy, fresh foods with the convenience of scheduled markets in low-income, low-access locations throughout the year. The project will also implement the region's first produce-to-door subscription service, which will serve low-income and elderly residents throughout the region. The proposed project will create 40 new jobs in new markets throughout the region.

Proposed Project Outcomes

- Number of jobs to be created: 40
- Number of business(es) to be created or expanded: 1

- Amount to be Leveraged: $169,500

 

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