INDIANAPOLIS — Recently. the city launched an innovative pilot program that aims to increase Indianapolis residents’ access to fresh, affordable, healthy food. The “Food in Transit” program will allow residents to shop for fresh, reasonably priced produce at the Julia M. Carson Transit Center during peak hours of IndyGo ridership. “Food in Transit” is made possible by the Department of Metropolitan Development’s Community Block Development Grant (CDBG) funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Growing Places Indy will provide access to fresh and affordable produce every Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. through Oct. 26, with plans to reopen the program in spring of 2019.
The City of Indianapolis has invested $6,300 in CDBG dollars to help get the program started, and will also commit an additional $15,000 in 2019. Other food access initiatives championed by the City include Cleo’s Bodega at the Flanner House, the Save-A-Lot in Avondale Meadows, the Fresh Bucks initiative, and the Mobile Market in Devington.
