Organization
Catholic Charities Community Services – Midtown Center seeks to assist individuals, families and groups in their struggle to survive economic, social, health and emotional crises and to support growth toward self-sufficiency. Several years ago they launched City Greens, a market aimed at providing low-cost, fresh and healthy produce, meat, and other food goods to help mitigate the lack of access to healthy food in their neighborhood. The market is partially funded through a membership model where members across income streams are able to participate in access to low cost, healthy food, and contribute to food justice and improved access.
Partnership
City Greens has shown a clear trajectory of success and trending growth. They wanted to open a devoted storefront location to increase their hours, offer more consistency for shoppers, increase product selection, and increase services such as cooking classes. The Brown Sisters foundation offered a matching grant to challenge City Greens donor base to invest in this important social entrepreneurship initiative.