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Filed in Clerk's Office <br /> 34 <br /> Bianca Tirado <br /> City Clerk, South Bond, IN <br /> LINDEN AVENUE FARMER'S MARKET <br /> 11 <br /> •, .ti -' i"•�. ram. ,` .+' :y_ - .I"'^ <br /> • <br /> 't -- 1 ,1 - a 04.k"."' t7 ,‘,:-... <br /> ;i�?fi W. I a r <br /> Linden Avenue `T Q��Q 1g <br /> f <br /> . � <br /> farmersy <br /> -Nagai % ( \ <br /> market ; , ,,. <br /> „. A , , <br /> The Linden Avenue Farmers Market (LAFM) 34O/O 65 YEARS AND OVER <br /> is a nutrition- and health-based collaborative <br /> consisting of local farmers, food vendors, <br /> health and wellbeing informational 7,0, IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR <br /> organizations, and food outreach coordinators AFR CAN AM ER CAN <br /> committed to addressing the far-reaching <br /> implications of food insecurity in South Bend. 46O/o ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD <br /> The 2023 LAFM season included four markets INCOME OF $15,000 OR <br /> between June and September held at the LESS <br /> Charles Black Community Center. Key changes <br /> to this year included: 49O/O UTILIZE SOME FORM <br /> • Launch of Senior LAFM voucher pilot OF FOOD ASSISTANCE <br /> program, providing vouchers exclusively PRIMARILY SNAP/EBT or <br /> for fruit and vegetables for seniors at the FOOD PANTRIES <br /> William C. Ellison Apartments and La Salle <br /> Park Homes Inc. 400/0 LIVE WITHIN 1 MILE OF <br /> • Branding shift from Linden Avenue Pop Up THE CI-ARLES BLACK <br /> Market to Linden Avenue Farmers Market COMMUNITY CENTER <br /> to better reflect the market's mission. <br /> • Canvassed LaSalle Park area to market 630 ATTENDED LAFM FOR <br /> LAFM (600 flyers distributed for market THE FIRST TIME <br /> season) . <br /> • An extended (8 AM — 5 PM) market on 800 RATED THIER OVERALL <br /> August 12th in collaboration with VPA's O LAFM EXPERIENCES AS <br /> annual "Back-to School Boogie Parade." "GOOD' OR "EXCELLENT" <br /> 126 market attendees participated in a survey <br /> during the LAFM, revealing: 760/O SAID THEY WOULD <br /> ATTEND ANOTHER LAFM <br /> DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ENGAGEMENT&ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT <br />