AKRON — Mayor Shammas Malik joined local and national partners Oct. 11 to celebrate the grand opening of the Summit Fresh Mobile Market.
Summit Fresh Mobile Market is a mobile grocery truck filled with produce, meat and shelf-stable items for sale. The goal is to ensure all residents have access to purchase the fresh food they deserve, right in their own community, according to officials.
In January, the American Beverage Association, the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America and the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) announced Akron as one of the nine winning cities of the 2025 Childhood Obesity Prevention and Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards. Akron was the first-place award winner in the “Medium City” category…