Funky Town Fridge Hoping To Turn Closed Market Into Distribution Center In Stop Six

Arlington TX

25 March, 2022

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By David Moreno, Fort Worth Report March 24, 2022 Domonique Christian remembers witnessing several of the deficiencies in the Stop Six neighborhood, including the lack of grocery stores and transportation for eldery residents she worked with. Christian is not a resident of Stop Six, but worked as a leasing specialist in the neighborhood for the Fort Worth Housing Authority from 2011 to 2013 at Cavile Place. The public housing community was home to generations of families in southwest Fort Worth — before it was demolished in January of 2021. The city is converting the land to mixed-incoming housing as part of the Stop Six Choice Neighborhood Initiative. "It was difficult for them," Christian said. "They didn't have access to grocery stores, food banks or getting to a food pantry. It's a low-income community, and they just didn't have a lot of resources." The U.S. Department of Agriculture classifies Stop Six as a food desert because residents have limited access to fresh produce and quality food within a mile from a grocery store. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.