Food access has a huge impact on a community's health and well-being. 

It is estimated that low-income neighborhoods have 30% fewer grocery stores per capita than higher income neighborhoods. Living in one of our nation's "food deserts" can mean an unreliable and limited diet, high food prices, soaring diabetes rates, and childhood obesity. Infill Philadelphia: Food Access looks at how innovative design can improve access to fresh, healthy food in urban neighborhoods.

Food access is the topic of second phase of Infill Philadelphia, an initiative sponsored by the Community Design Collaborative that is being implemented in three phases—each addressing a specific infill development opportunity. The Reinvestment Fund and The Food Trust partnered with the Collaborative on Infill Philadelphia: Food Access.

The designs created through Infill Philadelphia: Food Access hold the potential to bring fresh, healthy food to urban neighborhoods. Each represents a different approach and scale of development.

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  Storefront Reuse

  Creating a fresh food market in a storefront building.
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  Warehouse Conversion

  Developing a design that allows a co-op to grow in phases.
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  Urban Supermarket

  Designing a new supermarket for a challenging urban site.
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Infill Philadelphia: Food Access is supported by the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative, the William Penn Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Claneil Foundation, and the City of Philadelphia Office of Housing and Community Development.