Community Grocery Store Coalition Action Timeline

November 20:
Organize a stakeholders meeting with community leaders. Leaders agree to a set of operating principles and calendar for the next 5-6 months for the preliminary organizing of the taskforce.  Solicit store locations from stakeholders. 

November:
Complete and distribute Healthy Food Sunday Video to interested institutions.
Create a sub-committee for management search.  (2-3 leaders on subcommittee).

March 5, 2009:
Agree to supermarket store selection criteria and create a subcommittee to pre-select sites for future meetings and a sub-committee for management search.  (2-3 leaders on sub-committee).

March 2009:
Find new grocery store management.

January-March:
Conduct business plan and market study on top location(s).

March 2009:
Community meeting to rank store locations.

July 2009:
Once a business plan and market study are completed, the coalition will secure money from banks, churches, community groups and individuals to fund the grocery store. Anyone with input on sources of funding for the store would be greatly appreciated.

Ongoing

Committees Meet: Subcommittees will meet over the coming months in order to continue to advance the project. Please contact our coalition if you are interested in joining and contributing to one of these subcommittees.

Continued Community Outreach: As this process moves along, it will be important to receive as much input as possible from members of the community. Anyone with ideas on community groups and individuals in the area that we should talk to, please contact us at  info@ufcwcommunity.org.