Over the course of our first year, we've seen and done a lot: vast improvements to Bill Martin's grocery store in East Nashville; begun conversations with MTA/RTA and InShuttle about increaseing direct access to supermarkets from North Nashville, Edgehill and East Nashville; there are whispers of interest from a grocer in the corner of 12th and Wedgewood; engineering students at TSU are creating a vision for a currently vacant grocery the corner of 39th and Clifton; increased access to grocery stores and new grocery stores were listed as a priority for Nashville's Consolidated Plan; Philadelphia's Food Trust demonstrated what is possible at October's Grocery Forum; trained the Re/Storing Nashville Leadership Team's Outreach Workers in commnity organizing and advocacy; Grocery Stories are being collected and shared; we developed www.restoringnashville.org; published marketing materials; collected information and reflections for the Re/Storing Nashville Interfaith Worship Toolkit (to be published and distributed in 2010); and created a dialoge about the diffficult and essential shift from charity to food justice.In the coming year, we are looking foward to continuing changes in the food environments within East Nashville, Edgehill and North Nashville. With your support, we will have a city-wide effort to bring affordable healthy food to Nashville's food deserts. We need your Grocery Stories, volunteer editors, and your skill in spreading the word about our work.We are also putting together an exciting Youth Service Day, celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Nashville Urban Harvest. Space is limited for this exciting opportunity for teens to connect with a diverse, interfaith community, while aiding one of our partner organizations to prepare for the coming spring planting. Please contact shavaun@foodsecuritypartners.org or jbailey@hungercenter.org for more information or to get involved. Thank you for helping make sure that healty food access and dignity in purchasing food is a priority for our city!