The Brief
- Milwaukee leaders will meet Thursday to discuss the city’s food desert crisis.
- At least seven full-service grocery stores have closed across Milwaukee County over the past year, including three on Milwaukee’s north side.
- The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee leaders are calling the city’s food desert crisis a public health emergency. The Public Works Committee will meet on Thursday, March 12 to discuss several steps focused on addressing the issue.
Committee meeting
What we know:
First up on the agenda Thursday, the Milwaukee Health Department will discuss access to fresh food in Milwaukee.
Alderman Stamper will then be presenting a resolution, declaring what he calls a food apartheid, a public health emergency that needs coordinated action from city leaders. …