Dee Hogancamp exits the Mobile Market after shopping at the parking lot at Gateway Towers. The Chattanooga Mobile Market drives produce and groceries into communities without close grocery stores.
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Within Chattanooga’s food desert, there are:• 61,924 people• 14,546 children• 18,019 living in poverty• 64 corner stores and gas stations• 23 fast food chain restaurants• 2 grocery storesSource: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department
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If it were up to Glenwood resident Christy Montgomery, she and her teenage daughter would eat salads every night.
The two aren’t vegetarians, but they love their veggies. They would eat more, but to reach a grocery store with suitable salad stuff, she can only afford to cover a friend’s gas money or pay bus fare once a month when her food stamps come in.
“Salad stuff doesn’t last long,” she said. “I don’t have transportation, so I either have to wait on somebody to take me or do without.”