Around the Corner to Better Health

Project Overview

7th Funding Cycle Development Award
     Project Start Date: 1/1/2012
     Project End Date: 12/31/2013

Project Goal Statement: To increase healthy food availability in Milwaukee's central city through community readiness assessments and concomitant strategic interventions based on real community capacity for change.

Award Amount: $199,999

Community Partners:
Primary Community Partner:  Jessie Tobin, Lindsay Heights Neighborhood Health Alliance
Additional community partner organization names:

• City of Milwaukee Health Department
• Walnut Way Conservation Corp

Academic Partners:
Primary Academic Partner: Staci Young, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Additional Academic Partners: Melissa DeNomie, MS, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Project Progress Summary Reports:
     Project Progress Report Summary 1/1/2012 - 8/31/2012

Affiliated Web Pages:
     Lindsay Heights Neighborhood Health Alliance
     Walnut Way Conservation Corp

Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by the project partners)

• Articles
  • Article in Neighborhood News Service Milwaukee – Evans K. Grant to help bring fresh food to corner stores. Neighborhood News Service Milwaukee. January 23, 2012.  Available at: http://www.milwaukeenns.org/2012/01/23/grant-to-help-bring-fresh-food-to-corner-stores/?cat=-12,-34,-3,-18. Accessed October 22, 2012. 
• Outreach Materials / Events
  • Conducted project outreach at two community events and two store demonstrations (January-September 2012)