City officials have identified 17 priority areas that lack access to healthy food. Those neighborhoods, primarily in South St. Petersburg, have more convenience stores than all other food resources combined.

Kimberly Jackson, Executive Director from the Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions (ISPS), and Jennifer Yeagley, Chief Executive Officer from the St. Petersburg Free Clinic, addressed legislation on community needs at the current stage of the Covid crisis.

The aim of the Healthy Food Action Plan is to provide new solutions to longstanding food access issues in the city.