WBRP receives $50,000 grant for food security programs, bike co-op

Posted on November 18, 2019
The West Bloomington Revitalization Project located at 724 West Washington Street. (Photo West Bloomington Revitalization Project/Facebook)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – The West Bloomington Revitalization Project has received funding to pilot two new programs for those who can’t get fresh food.

A $50,000 grant from the John M. Scott Health Commission will help launch two different food security intervention programs, according to WBRP secretary Bevin Choban.

“People talk a lot about the food desert in west Bloomington, for families experiencing road blocks to get food on a regular basis, in particular healthy food, we’ll be giving away 40 Community Supported Agriculture Shares from local farmers,” Choban told WJBC’s Scott Miller.  “We will also pay for 40 households to receive free grocery delivery for a year.”

The CSA’s are a box of fresh vegetables that will be delivered once a week for 26 weeks. Choban said during the program research will be conducted to find out how the food security status is impacted.

Choban said the grant money will also go towards the organization’s bike co-op and will provide free bicycles to kids in west Bloomington.

More information on the WBRP can be found here.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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