sustainability initiatives.<\/a> Yet those changes will take time to have a long-term effect on air quality, as they are still being implemented.<\/p>\nSanchez added that the investment will create economic opportunities right in Bronx residents\u2019 backyards.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cFunding will also go towards creating infrastructure, to open these doors to tours so residents can finally see inside this incredible facility,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re investing in a kitchen that can become a place for classes, workforce development, culinary education, and entrepreneurship right here in the heart of Hunts Point.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new demo kitchen will introduce young people to careers they may have never considered, help workers build new skills and give students a place to learn and create stronger connections between the market and the surrounding community, said the Vice President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Lisa Weingarten.<\/p>\n
Council members announced that they are also planning to build a pedestrian walkway bridge for residents to have accessibility to their own waterfront. The installation of the gangway bridge will take two to five years, depending on the timing of the allocation of the funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is an incredible contribution for one Bronx community to make in the daily lives of an entire city,\u201d said Bronx Delegation Co-Chair Amanda Far\u00edas, who highlighted the contributions of the market\u2019s workers.<\/p>\n
Far\u00edas says this investment is a renewed commitment to years of neglect for the Hunts Point community.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re confronting decades of neglect and disinvestment in the South Bronx, while beginning a work of imagining something different through Hunts Point forward,\u201d Far\u00edas said. \u201cWe are fighting for better investments that recognize the people of Hunts Point as a central part to the future that\u2019s being built here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Fulton Market showcases their fresh and frozen seafood. Photo by Rebecca Raghunath<\/p>\n
Dariella Rodriguez, the \u200dDirector of Community Development at The Point CDC, is a key advocate in the community who helped push for the Hunts Point Market to meet their environmental justice goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be able to align investment with our environmental justice goals and with economic goals of our community and our neighbors, it\u2019s gonna be really important,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cHopefully it\u2019s an example and a model that you can replicate and follow in other markets and in other industries where we have problems that seem really big to solve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rodriguez is also working to raise awareness of these initiatives by organizing community concerts, connecting local youth with workforce opportunities at The Point and participating in tours at the Fulton Fish Market.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really excited. People have been TikToking and going on social media and asking, how do I get in there? When do I see it inside? What\u2019s going on? Can people just buy stuff there?\u201d<\/p>\n
The funding for the Fulton Market aims to usher Bronx residents into a new era of economic development.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Fulton fish market has served our city for centuries, but now, it will also serve its point if all the residents can call it home,\u201d Speaker Menin said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tucked away behind the beltway highways and surrounded by a steady stream of large delivery trucks, the Fulton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[41792,64311,128,122131,122132,76785,76803,76787,122133,19077,15891,76789,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-324714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-amanda-farias","tag-asthma-alley","tag-bronx","tag-delivery-truck","tag-fish-market","tag-hunts-point-ave","tag-hunts-point-cooperative-market","tag-hunts-point-distribution-center","tag-hunts-point-co-op-market","tag-julie-menin","tag-justin-sanchez","tag-new-fulton-fish-market","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Half of the fish consumed in New York City is supplied through the Fulton fish market. And nearly half of the fish served in restaurants, sold at neighborhood markets, or prepared in home kitchens can be traced back to the Hunts Point food distribution center. Photo by Alex Krales\/NYC Council Media Unit<\/p>\n