This year, the participants of AIA Virginia’s Emerging Leaders in Architecture (ELA) program have decided to tackle the issue of low-income communities with limited access to healthy food, more commonly known as food deserts.

Through meetings with numerous local Richmond groups, they have seen that  food deserts are a systemic problem in Virginia’s capital city that require a multifaceted approach rather than a targeted solution.

Their project, Closing the Food Gap: Grow. Learn. Share., doesn’t attempt to solve food disparity through access alone, but rather is a series of insertions that provide, educate, and engage the communities for which they serve.

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