Support Healthy Communities AND Healthy Food

We are writing to express our shock and dismay at the decision to locate the Winter Market at ALCO, a Streuver Brothers project in Providence, RI.

The same instinct and commitment that leads us to supporting local growers and small farms has also moved us to oppose the pattern of development and displacement caused by developers like the Streuver Brothers.

We are greatly saddened to hear this news as people who enjoyed, and shopped frequently at, the market last year. But we cannot legitimate or condone the actions of Streuver Brothers by patronizing any business located on the sites of their damaging development projects.

We applaud what seems to be the intention to move this into a neighborhood that has limited access to healthy food. However, the intention is diminished by locating this effort on premises that are, on balance, creating more harm than good for the longstanding residents of the area.

We strongly encourage you to seek alternatives, and would be happy to assist you in this regard.