In collaboration with the Walmart Foundation, LISC announced funding to help eight community-based nonprofits increase access to healthy, affordable food in under-resourced communities. Located primarily across the Southeast region, grantees will undertake efforts ranging from farmer-led urban agriculture to mobile food markets to the establishment of a community food policy council.

In the small city of Brockton, Mass., LISC has been working closely with local leaders to revitalize an abandoned commercial site with a new grocery store and health center focused on improving the health of nearby residents. Vicente's Tropical Supermarket and Brockton Neighborhood Health Center are developing adjacent facilities and joint programs that address chronic health challenges. The new grocery store celebrated its grand opening last week; the health center will open later this summer.