Presenters:

Derek Birnie & Patty Julio

Team Members:
Derek Birnie  Patty Juilo 
Phillippia Goldsmith  Kara
Martin  Tammy Morales 
Rick Jump 
Fran Yeatts  Emma
Henderson
Maggie Anderson
LONG TERM VISION:
DELRIDGE: Delridge Commons – a multi-use
destination site that stimulates business, community,
and provides healthful food offerings
WHITE CENTER: To safeguard food security by
preserving affordability of fresh, healthy foods in the
commercial district and ensuring that the needs of low-
income families and people of different cultures are
met locally.
SHORT / MID TERM:
• Build demand through
community engagement,
education, & marketing
• Respond to demand by working
to improve healthful offerings at
existing retail outlets
 Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3
• Increase supply of • Cooperative approach to procurement,
Supply healthful food refrigeration, & display of healthful foods
Goal offerings
– 2-4 corner stores
– 5 restaurants & 5 • Staffing Delridge Commons project
produce stands management

• Staffing support for WC events &

relationship building

• Support food bank voucher program &

buy-back

• Build advocacy support for grocery

retail incentives in underserved
neighborhood ‘food deserts’
• Increase demand of healthful foods through community events,
Deman marketing, and education.
d Goal
STAFFING/RESEARCH
• Foster College of Built Environment: Research
Assistant, Healthy Corner Stores Network
ENGAGING FINANCIAL RESOURCES
•Shorebank is interested in providing micro-loans
OTHER FUNDS
•$5K Seattle Foundation for produce stand campaign
development
•$35K Community Food Security over 3 years for Delridge
Healthy Corner Stores project funding, plus collaboration with
partners/growers/retailers (including the City of Seattle)
•$5K United Way to help corner stores enroll in WIC/EBT, some
refrigeration equipment
•$5K to incorporate healthy food retail into White Center’s
‘shoppers card’
•$5K Seattle OED for a portion of an awareness campaign for
the commercial district’s healthy food options and “Fresh
NEED
• $50K/year for White Center for two
years
• $50k/year for Delridge for two years

TOTAL
• $100,000/yr over 2 years =
$200,000
• 3rd Year TBD
• Improve healthy food access for
children in Delridge, where
residents must travel out of the
neighborhood to purchase
groceries and fresh produce
• Increase access to healthy,
affordable foods near home and
schools
• Strengthen local produce
businesses in White Center to
ensure that more children have
access to healthy food.
• Provide awareness of the existing
healthy options within White
Center, and therefore, improve the
• Utilizing existing community
business assets and
relationships
• Culturally appropriate chef
demos and connection with
education programs in the
schools
 Community events –
restaurant nights, music
nights, volunteer work parties
to create murals, store
displays, vegetable & fruit
displays, signage
 Community resident advisory
panels to advise project
• Expanding KCFFI Collaborative to include
local business owners
• Engaging food system partners to
expand ‘locally grown’ options
• Highlight ‘food deserts’ as a local
government issue…not just a
neighborhood issue – paving the way for
government/ community partnerships
• Community leadership development
• Partnering with existing coalitions (SW
Health Initiatives, Healthy Corner Stores
Network, & others)