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Healthy Corner Stores & Supporting Rural Grocers

Healthy Corner Stores & Supporting Rural Grocers. Oregon Hunger Summit Corvallis, Oregon 19 January 2012. Panelists. Laurie Trieger (Moderator) Executive Director LCHAY Mac Gillespie Chronic Disease Policy Specialist Benton County Health Department Suzanne Briggs

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Healthy Corner Stores & Supporting Rural Grocers

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  1. Healthy Corner Stores & Supporting Rural Grocers Oregon Hunger Summit Corvallis, Oregon 19 January 2012

  2. Panelists Laurie Trieger (Moderator) Executive Director LCHAY Mac Gillespie Chronic Disease Policy Specialist Benton County Health Department Suzanne Briggs Technical Assistance Coordinator Multnomah County Health Department Kayla Schott-Bresler Manager, Policy & Advocacy Initiatives LCHAY Sarai Johnson Assistant Director NEDCO

  3. Access to Healthy Food

  4. Access to Food

  5. Panel Question • Can you tell us about the communities you are working in and give us a brief introduction to your program design and partnerships?

  6. Panel Question • What does the community you’re working with say its challenges are? What techniques have you used to assess community needs and opportunities?

  7. Panel Question • Corner store projects are about taking an existing resource and making it better. Can you describe some tools and tactics for working with food retailers to accomplish this goal?

  8. Panel Question • In what ways can communities benefit from healthy corner store projects beyond increasing access to healthy food?

  9. Panel Question • There is a growing movement to increase the number of retailers accepting SNAP, WIC, and Farm Direct. Can you speak about efforts to this end in your community and share any particular successes or challenges relating to retailers accepting benefits?

  10. Panel Question • Aside from healthy corner stores, are there other promising policy or program options that you think would help increase the availability, accessibility, and affordability of healthy food in underserved communities?

  11. Contact Us Laurie Trieger (Moderator) LCHAY laurie@lchay.org (541) 682-4306 Mac Gillespie Benton County Health Department mac.gillespie@co.benton.or.us (541) 766-6835 Suzanne Briggs Multnomah County Health Department suzanne.briggs@multco.us (503) 704-9531 Kayla Schott-Bresler LCHAY kayla@lchay.org (541) 682-8847 Sarai Johnson NEDCO sarai@nedcocdc.org (541) 345-7106

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