Recent efforts to attract a grocery that serves residents in Bradenton’s central core, labeled a “food desert” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have all fallen flat.
A food desert is an area where residents lack access to vehicles and the nearest grocery store is more than half a mile away. An estimated 13.5% of residents within the downtown area lack access to a vehicle.
But a new and improved policy aimed at attracting developers and providing them with the resources they need to improve the community could change that…