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Safety, Health & Wellness Equity & Opportunity Assessment Grocery Access to Equity & Opportunity Assessment Safety, Health & Wellness Grocery Stores This map shows access to major grocery stores for residents living in the Metropolitan Planning Organization Coburg area census tracts. About 38% of households are within a 1/2 mile of a major grocery store. For this map, households are defined by residential site addresses. Access to major grocery stores is measured by analyzing residential addresses in the Metropolitan Planning Organization area within a 1/2 mile of the stores. Farmer's markets and community gardens are idenfitied on the map, but Albertsons Fred Meyer not included in the analysis due to their Grocery Outlet seasonal nature. A few natural food Market of Choice Walmart stores are also included on the map, Winco Foods Costco but not included as a major grocery stores because of their specific Market of Choice service. Data is shown at the tract Safeway level, but not for residents outside the Albertsons Food Barn Metropolitan Planning Organization Walmart Target Springfield Trader Joes area. Albertsons Albertsons Safeway Fred Meyer The full range of data for each map Cash & Carry Walmart has been divided into thirds to create Red Apple Market Winco Foods Target Fred Meyer Plaza Latina Supermarket low, medium, and high percentage Walmart Kiva Downtown categories. A histogram is also Market of Choice Grocery Outlet Albertsons Save-A-Lot Food Barn Safeway included to show that the data is not Safeway UO Downtown Albertsons necessarily distributed equally across these three categories. About 20% of Sundance Natural Foods households that are within a 1/2 mile of Friendly Street Market Market of Choice a major grocery are in the 32 census Albertsons tracts in the lowest percentage category. Safeway Eugene Miles 0 10.5 Census 2010 Tracts Major Grocery Stores 32 Metropolitan Planning Organization Area boundary Areas where Households are not within a 1/2 Mile of Major Grocery Store 21 Map date: 9/23/13 Map data: Regional GIS, InfoUSA Data, Willamette Food and Farm Coalition. Urban Growth Boundaries Percentage of Households within a 1/2 Mile of a Major Grocery Store Caution: This map is based on imprecise source data, subject to change, and for general 9 reference only. Farmer's Markets Low: 0% - 32.9% The work that provided the basis for this map was supported by funding under an award with the The chart to the right shows the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The substance and findings of the work are Medium: 33% - 66.9% number of tracts in the Metropolitan dedicated to the public. The author and publisher are solely responsible for the accuracy of the Community Garden High: 67% - 99.7% statements and interpretations contained in this publication. Such interpretations do not Planning Organization Area that have Low Medium High necessarily reflect the views of the Government. Natural Food Stores low, medium, or high percentages..
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