City of Madison Inks Deal to Prevent “Food Desert” in Sout...

Earlier this month, the City of Madison Department of Planning and Development announced that it had negotiated a lease with Maurer’s Urban Market to open a grocery store in the Park Cedar apartment building on Madison’s South Park Street. The store is anticipated to open in the summer of 2025.

In a statement, Public Information Officer Jaymes Langrehr said that the lease marks the city’s fulfillment of a promise to keep South Madison from becoming a “food desert.”

But what is a “food desert,” anyway? How does city government get involved in negotiating with a private business?

Daniel Rolfs is the Real Estate Development Manager for the City of Madison, and he joined Monday 8 O’Clock Buzz host Brian Standing to talk more about it. And he says that a food desert is, well, not easy to define.

Photo of proposed building site courtesy City of Madison website.

Web posting by WORT Producer Nicholas Wootton.

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