Food Security ScorecardRev. Dr. Joe Blosser, Culp Director of Service Learning at HPU
Dr. Kim Reich, Associate Professor of Exercise Science at HPU
Amanda Goodwin, HPU VISTA
Brittany McClure, HPU VISTA
Jenna Rosenbloom, HPU VISTA
Empower Sustain
Food Ed
Urban Ag
Policy
Imm. Needs
West End
Burns Hill
Washig-ton St.
Food Secure
High Point
Unify
GHPFA Approach
Standardized Assessment Tool
How can we create a tool that:
• Tells us what food security in High Point looks like
• Is verifiable • Is scalable• Is responsive to on-the-ground
changes and neighborhood solutions• Can be regularly assessed
The Goal
Is
NOT to “Grade” neighborhoods as to who is bad or good
But rather
How can we strategically use limited time, talent, and money to make the biggest changes in people’s lives?
The Tool
Mapping
% of Households within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store in Washington St.
Using
ArcGIS® software by Esri
Mapping
% of Households within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store in Washington St.
Plus food pantries
Mapping
% of Households within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store in Washington St.
Plus food pantries
Plus community gardens
Index Process
1) Neighborhoods (2015)
2) VISTAs and Food Alliance (2016)
3) Neighborhoods (2016)
4) HPU Professors (2017)
5) GHPFA Food Summit (2017)
6) HPU Professors (2017)
7) Neighborhoods – our next step (2018)
Questions?