Food to Power hosts town hall to discuss food accessibility in Southeast Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)-- Food accessibility advocate, Food to Power, is hosting a community meeting regarding the temporary closure of King Soopers at South Academy Boulevard.
The town hall meeting comes in partnership with Southeast Food Coalition, District 4 Councilmember Yolanda Avila, and RISE Southeast, to invite the community to discuss potential solutions for food accessibility in Southeast Colorado Springs.
The community meeting, according to officials with Food to Power, will center its focus on the community and will tell officials what solutions would help the most and what else might be missing.
The town hall will be held on Thursday, July 13, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Panorama Park located on Fenton Road near East Fountain Blvd. and Jetwing Drive.
Officials are asking attendees to bring chairs or blankets and depending on the weather, the meeting will move to the Deerfield Community Center.
Jessi Bustamante, Director of Communications for Food to Power, said the closure of King Soopers goes beyond sheer inconvenience. She said it's starting a ripple effect as people overcrowd other stores in the area.
Food to Power said Care and Share and other nonprofits have done a great job to meet the area's food needs, but a long-term fix is vital.
"We're really just hitting a point where now it's even more critical and more urgent to mobilize on some kind of solution because we've owed the community members that much for that long, if not longer," said Bustamante.
KRDO reached out to King Soopers today to see whether there is a timeline for getting the grocery store reopened.
They did not respond.
