THE EAGLE ROCK ASSOCIATION
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TERA
e.letter
November 18, 2004
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This week:
Changes at the Vons Site – This week (Item #1)
ERNC Land Use Committee – Tonight! (Item #2)
ROCK Fundraiser at Baja Fresh – Tomorrow! (Item #3)
ERNC Community Clean Up – Saturday (Item #4)
Avenue 50 Art Show Begins – Saturday (Item #5)
St. Barnabas Church Silent Auction and Bazaar (Item #6)
ERNC Land Use Committee Seeks Volunteers – Reply by Sunday
(Item #7)
Arroyo Arts Collective Discovery Tour – Sunday (Item #8)
Final Deadline for Landscaping Makeover – Wednesday (Item
#9)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS:
1.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – PLAN YOUR FUTURE!
2.
EAGLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL LAND USE & PLANNING COMMITTEE (LUPC)
– NOVEMBER 18TH
3.
ROCK & BAJA FRESH TEAM UP TO RAISE FUNDS FOR TEEN CENTER PROGRAMS –
NOVEMBER 19TH
4.
EAGLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP – NOVEMBER 20TH
5.
“2 FROM THE SOUTHWEST” ART SHOW AT AVENUE 50 STUDIO – NOVEMBER 20TH
6. ST. BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH SILENT AUCTION AND BAZAAR –
NOVEMBER 20TH
7.
ERNC LAND USE COMMITTEE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS – REPLY BY NOVEMBER 21ST
8.
ARROYO ARTS COLLECTIVE’S 12TH ANNUAL DISCOVERY TOUR –
NOVEMBER 21ST
9.
NEED A LANDSCAPING MAKEOVER? – APPLY BY NOVEMBER 24TH
10. FUNCTIONAL AND FINE ART FESTIVAL AT THE CENTER FOR THE
ARTS, EAGLE ROCK! – DECEMBER 4TH
11.
EAGLE ROCK’S LILY SIMONE BOUTIQUE FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!
12.
YOGA ESSENCE MARKETPLACE OPENS
13.
AUNTIE EM’S FEATURED IN LAST SUNDAY’S LA TIMES MAGAZINE!
14.
SWORK WELCOMES BLUE HEELER TO EAGLE ROCK!
15.
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE INSTITUTE CALLS ON WAL-MART TO IMPLEMENT “COMMUNITY
BENEFITS PLAN”
16.
THE FINAL WORD – TWO QUOTES ON VISION
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1. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – PLAN YOUR FUTURE!
EAGLE ROCK IS GROWING – PLAN IT
RIGHT!
There are a number of efforts underway to encourage growth
and preserve Eagle Rock’s character the smart way – through proper planning and
communitywide participation.
These efforts include: 1) ERNC examining and potentially
expanding the Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan, 2) ERNC creating a plan for the
future uses of the Vons properties, 3) ERCPR’s visioning project for Colorado
and Eagle Rock Boulevard’s parking and future business and residential growth,
4) ERNC preparing response regarding the proposed Inclusionary Zoning ordinance
which would require affordable housing in each new residential development, 5)
TERA’s creating a historic designation plan for buildings on Colorado
Boulevard, and 6) potentially creating Historic Preservation Overlay Zones
(HPOZ’s) for residential and commercial areas to preserve the historic
character of our community.
All of these efforts require community input. Though
many TERA board members are leading and participating in these efforts, it is
important that your opinions and support are included. I am including
notices from TERA’s Land Use Committee, the ERNC Land Use Committee, and future
community meetings for ERCPR’s visioning project.
Please take the time to attend these meetings. If you
cannot attend, please take the time to make your vision known to us through
letters to the editor. The next year’s planning efforts will have a
considerable effect on the future of Eagle Rock. Be part of it!
VONS DEMOLISHES HELMS BAKERY AND
LA LOMA PROPERTIES
According to an announcement by Jessica Wethington McLean,
ERNC Sub-District 2 Director and ERNC Land Use Co-Chair, this week, the vacant
buildings near the corner of Figueroa & La Loma, which are owned by Vons
grocery store, will be having asbestos removal work done during the next
several days in preparation for demolition which is scheduled to occur in the
next two weeks. The LAPD and LAFD will be using the vacant buildings for
drills and exercises as well, so there may be increased police and fire
activity in the area.
Though the Helms Bakery was never designated a historic
cultural monument, Jessica is working with the office of Councilmember Antonio
Villaraigosa to preserve the beautiful crests on the columns of the
bakery.
TERA’S PRINTED NEWSLETTER IS
OUT!
…and it is full of brand new news! Please check it out
at many of Eagle Rock’s finest establishments and the office of Councilmember
Antonio Villaraigosa at Eagle Rock City Hall! Read about TERA’s State
of the Town, and see all of those TERA members who joined at the $25 level and
above. If you are not already a member, please consider becoming one
today!
--
Hilary Norton Orozco, TERA
President
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2.
EAGLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL LAND USE & PLANNING COMMITTEE
(LUPC)
Thursday, November 18, 2004
7:00 PM, Eagle Rock City Hall
***SPECIAL MEETING***
PLEASE NOTE: Though the LUPC usually meets the fourth Thursday of
each month, we are meeting the third Thursday in November & December due to
the holiday season.
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3. ROCK
& BAJA FRESH TEAM UP TO RAISE FUNDS FOR TEEN CENTER PROGRAMS – NOVEMBER 19TH
Eat Fresh
& Raise Funds for the ROCK Teen Center at Baja Fresh Mexican
Grill in Glendale
114 South
Brand Boulevard
Friday,
November 19th
11:30 am to
9 pm
Get together with family and friends to help us, while you
help yourself to some great food! When you come to the Baja Fresh on
Brand Boulevard and bring the flyer you’ll find at Reach Our Community Kids
(ROCK’s) website at http://www.rockids.org/BajaFreshCoupon.pdf,
Baja Fresh will donate 15% of the proceeds to our cause. Please tell all
your friends and family and help earn important dollars to benefit of the teens
of Eagle Rock! For more information, contact: (323) 257-6102 or www.rockids.org
Donna Robey-Sullivan, Executive Director
Reach Our Community Kids, 4808 Townsend Avenue, Eagle Rock,
CA 90041
The ROCK Teen
Center, 1597 Yosemite Drive, Eagle Rock, CA 90041
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4.
EAGLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP – NOVEMBER 20TH
COMMUNITY
CLEAN-UP
Saturday, November 20TH
9:30 am
-12:30 pm
Neglected Alleyway -- 4800 Block of Townsend Avenue
Between Fair Park & Linda Rosa
Please join the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council, Operation Clean Sweep, the
ERHS Key Club and your friends and neighbors!
Do a good deed. Bring your family and help beautify this area of the
community! Volunteer one hour or the whole time- but please help!
All ages welcome! Tools and supplies provided. Please bring your own
gloves if needed. See you there!!
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5.
“2 FROM THE SOUTHWEST” ART SHOW
AT AVENUE 50 STUDIO
Dos Del
Sudoeste / 2 From The Southwest: Cristina Cárdenas and Alfred J. Quiroz
Exhibition
Dates: November 20th - December 29th
Avenue 50
Studio
131 North
Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Artists'
Reception, Saturday, November 20th 7 - 11 p.m.
The Avenue 50 Studio is pleased to announce an exhibition
featuring the works of two Latino painters from the Southwest: Cristina
Cárdenas and Alfred J. Quiroz. Our presentation of these two stylistically, and
politically, different artists clashes with stereotypic Southwestern regional
painting. We proudly present Southwestern painters Cristina Cárdenas and Alfred
J. Quiroz to our Los Angeles community.
From her classically trained roots in renaissance art,
Cristina Cárdenas developed her approach to art following the tradition of the
Mexican muralists. Through her friendships with Arizona artists Luis Carlos
Bernal, Alfred Quiroz and Luis Jimenez, Cárdenas began to tackle issues of a
more political and personal nature using Amate paper as a link to her
ancestors. The Amate paper is made from the same Aztec recipe the Otomi Indians
used for several centuries. Her large-scale works on Amate paper reflect
Cárdenas' desire to disrupt historic stereotypes of gender, religion and race.
"My current body of work is in recognition of the
female protagonist. These images are of women who are sensual and provocative,
images that will stay in our minds, and be remembered as we give them a
permanent voice." --Cristina Cárdenas
Alfred Quiroz examines the world in a satirical in-your-face
manner. His commentary on U.S. culture uses a cartoonish approach with humor
and wit as he lampoons corporations that we North Americans idolize.
Quiroz speaks specifically about identity and combines elements of
Mexican and North American cultures. His use of bright colors reflects a
Mexican sensibility and his aggressive painting style and forms reflect the
energy and frenzy of life on the border.
The "2 de Sudoeste/Two from the Southwest"
painters characterize the distinct and exemplary world of Southwestern
art. For more information, please call: (323) 258-1435.
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6. ST.
BARNABAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH SILENT AUCTION AND BAZAAR – NOVEMBER 20TH
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church will have a Holiday Season Silent Auction and Bazaar on
Saturday, November 20. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. with dinner served at
7:00 p.m.
There will be a silent Auction of
wonderful donated items from neighborhood and nearby shops, a holiday boutique
of handmade items, and wonderful bake sale goods. Raffle tickets for a
prize are $2.02 each or $5.05 for three. A Sing-A-Long (the highlight of
the spaghetti dinner) follows the meal. The funds raised at this event
will go toward the Church's Capital Fund Drive, which has spruced up and will
continue to improve the facilities for parishioners and guests who
use the church, such as Head Start, dance troupes, scouts, 12-Step
groups and others.
Auction/Bazaar pre-sale tickets are
$10 for single and $25 for a family. Tickets at the door will be $12
single and $30 for a family. Advance tickets can be purchased from Father
Tom Discavage at the Church office, 2109 Chickasaw Avenue (one block east
of Eagle Rock, two blocks south of Colorado), or call (323)
254-7569.
Many wanted to know how they
could help at St. Barnabas' Wednesday dinners for the hungry and homeless
of Eagle Rock. If you are interested in helping with or at
this long-running gift to the community, call Father Tom at (323) 254-7569
to get the particulars about it and other volunteer opportunities.
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7.
EAGLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL LAND USE COMMITTEE SEEKS
VOLUNTEERS
Dear Eagle Rock Stakeholders,
The ERNC Land Use Committee is looking for stakeholder volunteers to fill
vacancies. If you have applied before and were not placed, please apply
again with updated information.
LAND USE & PLANNING COMMITTEE (LUPC): A 17-member
volunteer committee comprised mostly of stakeholders with some ERNC board
members. Considers and makes recommendations on city planning and zoning
issues in Eagle Rock - residential and business development; conditional use
permits; citywide ordinances; code violations; traffic issues and more. The
LUPC meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 7pm at Eagle Rock City Hall.
We will be meeting on the third Thursday in Nov. & Dec. due to
holidays.
DUTIES: Each member is required to attend a monthly meeting, and
act as case manager for at least one agenda issue per year, accessing the
zoning admin., city planning file or other relevant information and
seeking input and/or presentation from representatives on all sides, so the
LUPC has fair & balanced information upon which to act.
QUALIFICATIONS: No previous land use or planning experience is
required, only a willingness to learn and serve the community. Those who
have volunteered previously but were not placed should provide updated
information.
INTERESTED?
Please reply by Sunday Nov. 21st by sending the following info to LUPC
Co-Chair Jessica Wethington McLean at ERNC_LandUse@earthlink.net
1. your name
2. address
3. phone number(s)
4. email address
5. ERNC Sub-District
(To find out which is your Sub-District, visit www.eaglerockcouncil.org
It is imperative that you provide ALL of the requested information in order to
be considered. Thanks for your interest!
Sincerely,
Jessica Wethington McLean
Co-Chair, Land Use & Planning Committee
Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council
323-256-6221
ERNC_LandUse@earthlink.net
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8. ARROYO
ARTS COLLECTIVE’S 12TH ANNUAL DISCOVERY TOUR – NOVEMBER 21ST
Celebrating
a Dozen Years of Art –
A self-guided
auto tour of artists' studios in Highland Park, Eagle Rock, and Mount
Washington
Starts at
the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Highland Park
November 21st,
10 am - 4 pm
Sponsored by the Arroyo Arts Collective and the
Historical Society of Southern California, the Discovery Tour showcases the
artistic riches of Northeast Los Angeles. Mount Washington and the neighboring
communities of Highland Park and Eagle Rock are home to one of the largest
concentrations of artists in Los Angeles. “What makes this art tour unique,”
says Tour Coordinator Kate Burroughs, “is the combination of history and
art. The Arroyo was the city's first cultural center at the turn of the
century, and its artistic legacy continues today.”
The Arroyo Arts Collective, a grassroots community artists'
organization in Northeast Los Angeles, presents its 12th Annual Discovery Tour
– Celebrating a Dozen Years of Art -- a self-guided auto tour of artists'
studios in Highland Park, Eagle Rock and Mount Washington. Tourgoers will have
the opportunity to discover work by over 70 local artists in creative styles
ranging from plein air painting to computer art, and to visit unique studio
settings ranging from storefronts and funky garages to landmark Craftsman homes
scattered through the hills of northeast Los Angeles.
Tickets can be purchased in advance ($10) online at www.ArroyoArtsCollective.org
and at Galco's Old World Grocery, 5702 York Boulevard, Highland Park. A
special promotion this year: buy 12 tickets and a get a baker’s dozen the 13th
ticket for free.) Tickets the day of the Tour ($15) will be available at the Lummis
Home. Ticket holders will receive a comprehensive map of artist studios and
galleries including Avenue 50 Studio, Gallery Ophelia, Rock Rose Gallery and
Random.
The Charles Lummis Home is located at 200 E. Avenue 43 in
Highland Park. Tour sites will be open between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with a
closing reception from 4:30 to 5:30 at the Lummis Home. For more
information, please call: (323) 221-3225.
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9.
NEED A LANDSCAPING MAKEOVER? – APPLY BY
NOVEMBER 24TH
Local Eagle Rocker Phillip
Latham, owner of PAL Landscape Services, has organized a fun community
give-away project…just in time for the Holidays! With the help of other local
merchants such as Persson’s Nursery of Pasadena, Tritch Hardware of
Eagle Rock and Ewing Irrigation of Glendale, he is having a contest to give
away a free landscaping front yard “make-over” worth up to $5000!
Contestants must be nominated by
a neighbor, family member or friend who will describe why their deserving
nominee should be declared the winner. Yards must be residential only and
within the community boundaries of Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Glassell Park and
Mount Washington. All applications must be received before November 24th.
Local actress Lorraine
Toussaint and other community members will serve as the jury. Winners will
be announced on November 30th, and work will be accomplished between December 1st
and 15th.
Hurry and e-mail your nominations to
phillip@pallandscape.com…today! Any further questions? Call (323)
254-2141.
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10.
FUNCTIONAL AND FINE ART FESTIVAL AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EAGLE ROCK! –
DECEMBER 4TH
Saturday,
December 4th, from 11 am – 8 pm
Center for
the Arts, Eagle Rock
2225
Colorado Boulevard, Eagle Rock (near Eagle Rock Boulevard)
Give a little, get a lot!
Come discover the artistic bounty of Eagle Rock at a one-day
functional and fine art festival to benefit the Center for the Arts, Eagle
Rock. Jewelry, paintings, clothing and more will be available from some of
Northeast L.A.'s most talented individuals. Live acoustical music and tasty
treats add to the festivities. Painters, Jewelry and Clothing designers,
Ceramists, and others will have their wares available for purchase. A portion
of the proceeds supports the Center for the Arts.
Suggested donation: $5, which includes a raffle ticket.
Additional tickets are available for purchase at $5 each or three for $10. The
artist's have generously donated pieces of their work for this special event. A
great chance to win some unique gifts! For more information: call (323)
226-1617 or go online: www.centerartseaglerock.org
The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, is a nonprofit
organization that provides affordable art classes and programming for children
and adults. Housed in a beautiful historical setting, the Center hosts
art exhibits and is a key supporter of cultural events in Northeast L.A.
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11. EAGLE ROCK’S
LILY SIMONE BOUTIQUE FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!
Thanks to new TERA Board member
Pauline Mauro for sending this clip from the October 31st issue of The
New York Times! Congratulations to owner Simone Porter for this
wonderful highlight of your boutique and our community!
Pioneers of hip in search of
affordable housing and street cred have pushed the eastern boundary of Los
Angeles to its limit and are now looking north to Eagle Rock. This neighborhood
is home to a playground with a Neutra-designed clubhouse, some of the city's
best pizza (at Casa Bianca) and the Lily Simone boutique.
"There are a lot of young moms out here, mostly film industry people who
are fashion-forward," said the boutique's owner, Simone Porter, holding
her mini-pinscher, Lily, under one arm. "They still want to look stylish,
and there was nothing for them on this side of town." With its flea market
décor and local labels like Grey Ant, Pegah Anvarian, Ella Moss and Mon
Petit Oiseau, Lily Simone is the first fashion outpost in this gentrifying
area; 5022 Eagle Rock Boulevard, (323) 254-0530, www.shoplilysimone.com.
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12.
YOGA ESSENCE MARKETPLACE OPENS
365 Shopping Days Left!
Along with the special "2 for New" offer on
classes at the studio, the Yoga Essence Marketplace is now open for
business. We are proud to feature the work of local artisans and musicians, as
well as clothing and other items manufactured from earth-friendly materials and
in sweatshop-free environments. The marketplace is a great place to find gifts,
cards, yoga supplies and other wellness-related materials, so be sure to visit
early and often. After all, they don't serve tea and cookies at the mall!
In addition, Yoga Essence now offers a 10% discount
on single classes and series cards to members of TERA. Now is a great
time to check out that yoga or Pilates class you've always wanted to try.
Stop by the studio, located at 1577 Colorado Boulevard (across from Trader
Joe's).
Call or e.mail owner, Hilary Lachoff, for schedule or
other information: (323) 550-8182, or e.mail at hilary@yogaessence.net.
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13.
AUNTIE EM’S FEATURED IN LA TIMES MAGAZINE!
Thanks to Joanne Turner,
TERA President Emeritus, who sent this item to the e.letter about Auntie
Em’s. Congratulations, Auntie Em’s, and thanks for selling Eclectic Eagle
Rock Home Tour tickets for us!
Auntie Em's was mentioned in
Sunday's LA Magazine! It was in the Metropolis section, and the title of
the article was "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, Waking up to the Song of
Coffeecake."
Auntie Em's Kitchen
4616 Eagle Rock Blvd, Eagle Rock
(323) 255-0800
Even Westsiders schlep in for the from-scratch cupcakes, but pastry chef
Barbara Monderine's coffeecakes shouldn't be overlooked. The cinnamon
bundt has walnuts, raisins and a ribbon of Valrhona chocolate; the New York
coffee crumb cake features a brown sugar and butter topping; and then there's
the sour cream model with pears and pecans. Whole cake ($17, serves 12 to
15); single pieces ($2.25). – Ginny Chien, LA Times Sunday Magazine,
Metropolis
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14.
SWORK WELCOMES BLUE HEELER TO EAGLE ROCK!
Patricia Neal of swork sent out this lovely introduction
to her new business neighbor. TERA joins in welcoming this new business
to Eagle Rock!
Please welcome Blue Heeler to 5058 Eagle Rock
Boulevard, right next door to Swork!
About Blue Heeler: The owners are devoted to introducing the
U.S. consumer to many of the wonderful products of Australia. They have an
extreme passion for the land down under and want to show that this amazing
country produces much more than didgeridoos and oil-skin hats. Over the last
several years, Australia has bred a wonderful range of designers who make
clothing, accessories, homewares, skin care products and many other specialty
items. They would like to establish Blue Heeler as the exclusive provider of
many of these fine products and offer them to you. And of course in honor of
our four-legged namesake, we sell a few things for dogs too! Please stop by and
say hello to the owner, Shannon Bedell as soon as Blue Heeler
opens!
About the name: Blue Heeler is an Australian cattle dog famous for its unique
markings it's loyalty and intelligence. Blue Heelers are Australia's national
pal and they are probably one of the best representations of the unique quality
and spirit of Australia.
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15. OCCIDENTAL
COLLEGE INSTITUTE CALLS ON WAL-MART TO IMPLEMENT “COMMUNITY BENEFITS PLAN”
With Wal-Mart planning to open 40 of its Supercenters in
California, the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) at Occidental
College is calling on the retail giant to develop a “community benefits plan”
that would locate new stores near transit stops, provide on-site farmers’
markets, and pay living wages to employees.
In a 26-page paper released Friday, UEPI and its Center for
Food and Justice analyze Wal-Mart’s labor and land use impacts on urban
communities, as well as food access implications of the Supercenter model of
food retailing. Supercenters combine groceries and department store goods in
stores roughly the size of four football fields. The report, which can be
viewed at http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/thinking_outside_the_big_box.pdf,
examines such issues as food selection, pricing and store accessibility based
on a case study of the La Quinta, Calif., Supercenter, which in spring 2004 was
the first to open in the state.
“With Wal-Mart poised to expand its Supercenter approach to
food retailing in the Los Angeles region and throughout California, residents
and elected officials have the opportunity to decide what business model they
want to support and what kind of policy tools are needed to facilitate that
choice,” said report co-author Robert Gottlieb, Occidental professor of urban
and environmental policy and UEPI director.
Because of Wal-Mart’s marketplace clout (it is the world’s
biggest company and the largest employer in the nation), the company is able to
price its groceries at or near cost and make a profit from non-food items,
Gottlieb said. This pricing strategy – in which groceries are the lure to get
consumers into the store – makes it nearly impossible for supermarkets to
compete, he added.
The situation is made all the more challenging by a
persistent grocery store gap in Los Angeles, particularly in low-income and
minority communities. A separate UEPI study shows that the number of
supermarkets in areas affected by the 1992 Los Angeles riots was the same in
2002, making it difficult for transit-dependent residents to buy fresh produce
outside of their immediate neighborhoods. Middle- and upper-income areas,
meanwhile, have about three times as many grocery stories per capita.
“With obesity and diet-related illnesses rapidly becoming
the nation’s No. 1 preventable cause of death, L.A.’s grocery store gap is not
just another statistic of social disparity,” said UEPI Communications Director
Amanda Shaffer, a 2001 Occidental graduate who was the author of the grocery
gap study. Shaffer adds that “The lack of access to fresh, healthy, affordable
food in many neighborhoods is a public health crisis.”
A survey of Wal-Mart’s La Quinta Supercenter and nearby
chain grocery stores find that “the selection of fresh produce and other
healthy food items at Wal-Mart is adequate, and prices are low,” the report
says. However, the footprint of such mega-stores makes them ill-suited for
denser urban neighborhoods, and their low prices would likely have a
significant negative impact on existing grocery stores in already underserved
urban communities.
In composing its proposed community benefits plan, the UEPI
paper considered food access, labor and land use/environmental protections. Its
recommendations to Wal-Mart include:
·
Developing a transportation plan to ensure that people without cars have
reasonably easy access to the store. Transportation strategies could include
locating the new store near existing transit stops, requiring the store to
provide shuttle service to shoppers, and improving public transportation
options to the store location.
·
Providing on-site farmers markets to attract customers and offer fresh
produce from local farms, a strategy that has been successfully used by grocery
stores to attract customers on slow business days to also buy non-fresh food
items.
·
Using compact designs to minimize the amount of land needed to build new
box stores. Limits on the amount of aboveground parking spaces and innovative
use of multi-level buildings can reduce the amount of land consumed by large
retail stores.
·
Paying living wages for employees, possible tied to the prevailing wage
paid by large retail stores other than Wal-Mart.
The paper also considered the use of big box ordinances to
restrict the size of retail stores and the types of goods sold within the
store. In California, the cities of Oakland, Martinez, Turlock and Agoura
Hills, as well as Alameda and Contra Costa counties, have passed ordinances
banning stores larger than 100,000 square feet that devote more than 5 to 10
percent of shelf space to grocery items or other non-taxable items.
“Given Wal-Mart’s likely status as a major player in food
retail, it is imperative that further research be conducted and policies
considered that promote access to healthy food for everyone,” Gottlieb said.
“The policy decisions to be taken in Los Angeles and other California
communities will ultimately influence what model will prevail.”
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16. THE FINAL WORD – TWO QUOTES ON VISION
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into
your own heart…. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
-- Carl
Jung, 1875–1961, Swiss psychiatrist, founder of analytical psychology
“Where there is no vision, the
people perish.”
--
Bible: Proverbs 29:18. President
John F. Kennedy quoted this passage on the eve of his assassination in Dallas,
Texas.
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