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TNDC Healthy Corner Store Coalition

The TNDC Healthy Corner Store Coalition (HCSC) has grown beyond the Tenderloin to include Bayview and Ingleside in a movement to increase the options of healthy foods and produce in neighborhoods that haven't received the same investment as their wealthier neighbors. The Tenderloin notable lacks a full service grocery store and the community heavily relies on local corner stores for food. The HCSC strives to improve access to healthy, affordable food in the community by using the network of corner stores as a resource and investing in community members passionate about food justice.

Five neighborhood residents, known as Food Justice Leaders, have been hired and trained to work on building relationships with store owners, assessing store needs to create Corner Store guides, advocating for policy change, and helping with six store redesigns. The HCSC has followed the model of the Southeast Food Access working group in the Bayview community and has collaborated with them, along with many partners, to advocate for San Francisco’s adoption of the Healthy Food Retail Incentives Program legislation in September 2013.

The HCSC was founded by a group of youth from the Vietnamese Youth Development Center before becoming a program in TNDC's Community Organizing department. We recognize and value the passion, hard work, and determination that made HCSC possible in the first place.

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Before of a store displace with snacks and an after photo with produce

Before of a store display with snacks and an after photo with produce

Ribbon cutting at Fox Market Grand Re-opening

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Healthy Corner Store Map

Eight corner stores across the Tenderloin, Bayview, and Ingleside are helping their community access fresh produce and promoting the benefits of healthy options for physical and mental health.

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Michelle’s health grows with access to nutritious foods

A resident of the Tenderloin, Michelle has benefited from nutritious food near her at local corner stores and the TNDC Tenderloin People's Garden. She also learned new recipes to lower the risk of diabetes from one of our food demonstrations.