good morning everyone. i'm san francisco mayor, london breed, and i am so grateful to be here with so many of the leaders of the city and county of san francisco, from the board of supervisors to our state senator to members of ucsf, as well as members of our school board. and we are so grateful to welcome the state superintendent of public schools, tony thurmond.

now, i know that the mayor and the city and county of san francisco does not necessarily have direct control of the school district, but we are here to be partners of the school district. we are here to work, to ensurth education is one that is provided without the obstruction and challenges that the school district has faced for far too long. i am grateful to so many of the folks who are here who have stood with the school district. many of our educators during this challenging time. many of our parents who have been afraid and frustrated, and that fear and frustration stops now. and it stops today. i am excited. and i am hopeful because this is not unfamiliar

territory to us. and i want to of hope, because we have beent there before. we all remember when we thought laguna honda hospital would be lost to our city. so ma vulnerable patients were afraid and their families, so much of our workforce was concerned about what would happen if laguna honda hospital closed its doors and we came together and we put together what is, in essence, a stabilization team of extraordinary leaders from the city and county of san francisco to help lead that effort. and it was a very challenging, almost two years to get to where we are, where we were able to save that institution for some of our most vulnerable residents in the city andyq county of san francisco. this is exactly what we are doing here today with the school district. we want to make sure that the staff who are dedicated to doing the work have the leadership and the support they need. we want to make sure

our principals and our educators have clear guidance and understanding of what it means to manage the various schools■( throughout the district. we want to understand we want the parents to have that same understanding, too. and when we initially put together our stabilization team, we did so with the goal in mind of helping to do three things helping to provide the support necessary to ensure that special education has the capacity that it needs, and the certification that those teachers needed. we wanted to make sure that we bal■ance÷■■+ a budget to ensure that we avoid a state takeover, and we also needed to have the very hard conversations of school mergers necessary in order to ensure success long term. the challenge, of course, that we've had is a lack of clear communication. these decisions will be hard. there will be hard

conversations in the future, but now what? i am most excited about is we have a clear leader to help get us to a place where we can come together and be provided with accurate information that will help us produce the kinds of results needed to save the school district, and to make sure, ultimately, that our in san frat fail. doctor maria ceu is not somebody that i give up lightly. she has led the department of children, youth and families over a few mayors administration and the reason why she has survived is because she is a great leader. she has an

incredible team. she understands spent in every program provided is to provide support to the children of san francisco and to our transitional age youth. 42,000, to be exact, in programs all throughout san francisco that are complementary to what the school district does. and she has worked hand in hand with the school district over the years to make sure that our various beacon programs and a number of support we provide makes a difference in the lives of young people in san francisco, but also challenginge paem schools were not open. maria icu, along with phil ginsburg, worked together to set up neighborhood hubs because not all of our kids have places to go or places to learn within their homes, and they needed a place to go when their family members or parents were

at work. and a number of other challenges that we were faced with. they set up these learning homes without a playbook. they set up these learning hubs from scratch and work with the community to deliver opportunities for our sdents. when you need someone to get the job done, y call people like maria su. and in every single instance, she has delivered time and time again and she will deliver on helping through this very challenging transition. i have confidence and faith in her leadership, and i know working with the school board, she will do an amazing job to help provide clarity and stability to the people of san francisco. with regards to the district.■]i want to thank the president■; of the school board, matt alexander. during this tough time. during this tough time, we

have been focused and determined on making sure that this school district succeeds and especially during election year, it is really hard to have to step out and to do something like this in light of all the controversy. and from day one, he has chosen to work with my office, my administration and the stabilization team that we put together. and in every instance it has been about the students, it has been about the educators, it has been about trying to provide clarity of communication. and i appreciate being able to work with him to help us guide this ship during this very, very difficult time. and i also would like to thank those city workers from the controller's office, from the resource human resource agency,

from so many different aspects. our city attorney's office, because what these folks are doing, they are taking on extra responsibility, not because of any reason other than the fact that they want our school system to succeed. we have pulled together some of the best and the brightest in the city and county of san francisco, and they have been combing through, trying to make sure that our payroll system here at the district is done appropriately. the recertification of so many of our educators who want to be out there helping to ensure that our teachers learn they are doing the heavy lifting and the work so that when we■ are making decisions, we're making them from accurate information, we're making them from facts, and we're using that in order to work on our communication strategy so that we are delivering the truth to people. because as i said, just like

laguna honda, it was hard. and the fact is, what i told folks time and time again, even though people were afraid we will get through this, we will get through thise have no choice. we have no choice but to make sure that this public school system, which produce me, the mayor of the city and county of san francisco, this public school system. this public school system, which is creating our future educators city technological folks that we need to help build this city and save this country and save this planet. this is this school district is doing the heavy lifting. and so we have to do our part from an administrative perspective to ensure that we avoid state takeover. and of california that we know what

we're doing. it's going to be a tough time, but we will get through this becse we have no choice. and speaking of the state, i am grateful to my dear friend tony thurmond, who is the state superintendent of public schools. every step of the way. it has not been an adversarial relationship. he wants us to be accountable, but he wants us to be successful. he has offered his office's support and help in every step of the way. he wants us to meet our goals to balance this budget. he wants to provide us with every resource possible to be successful and the reason why he is here today. to make it clear direct how he feels about san francisco unified school district and what he will continue to do to lend his support and his leadership to ensuring its success and that it

remains in the control locally here in the city and county of san francisco. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome state superintendent tony thurmond. thank you. thank you, madam mayor. good morning everyone. good morning. buenos dias. nujoma. i think the mayor has made it clear that she is an education mayor. and that our priority must always be putting the students and families of this district first. thank you. madam mayor, for your incredible leadership. thank you. for, you know, the premise from which i start is this san francisco can be and will be the premier district in this state. yes, yes, there is no question that this district, like most, is

working through many challenges. san francisco is not the only district in the state that is experiencing declining enrollment. declining enrollment is a phenomenon that almost every district in the country is experiencing. but san francisco, because of its people, its leadership and vision, will be the premier district in this state because there are. great educators, great teachers and classified staff, great administrators, great families. and at the end of the day, what we're talking about are great students. yes, in this district will be the premier district in this state. i want to thank you, madam mayor, again for your leadership. director sue, president alexander, the members of the board, and i want to thank matt wayne in his absence for his efforts. we're moving in another direction here. and let me be clear. there will not be a state takeover in san francisco. let me be clear about that. the

role of the california department of education is to assist with financial decisions, and our staff has been working with the staff of the district or some of the financial challenges and to build better systems. but the role of the department of education is never to lead the district. we are here in partnership and in guidance. yes, it is true that when districts reach a level of financial challenge that there can be a way to have oversight of decision making, including the ability to rescind a decision that is made if there are not compliant, if there is not compliance with making good financial decisions. but it is not the role of the state department of education to take over what happens here. it is our role to be a partner. and in maria sue, you will have an incredible leadership. i've had the honor to work closely with the mayor, to work with maria sue, who's been a great director

at the department of children, youth and families. but beyond that, she's someone that i've come to know. she is a nationwide leader. she and i are in a fellowship through the annie e casey foundation that focus on children and families. this is work that she takes to heart and i know that she will deliver great leadership for this district, and we're excited to work with her and with the members of the board and with our teachers, our classified staff, our administrators, our families, and our students. as the mayor pointed out, there are difficult decisions to be made ahead, and we have to make those with transparency. there has to be communication for the families, but we have to always keep at the center what is best for the academic achievement of our students and meeting their mental health needs and future. and there's no better city to do that than a san frano let us stand together and

shoulder the load together and make the difficult decisions together, but also continue to talk about rigor. there should be rigor in academics and support for every student who needs it, because every of the students here can achieve and be successful. and we're here to see to it that that is what happens for the students in this school district. the state will also be continuing to provide resources. we've provided millions in grants that can support additional tutoring for students who need it. professional development for our educators, resources for mental health in the form of our community schools. san francisco will be a shining example for the state and what we do for 6 million students. let us begin the work together to support all of the students in san francisco unified school district. thank you for being here today. thank you. superintendent. and now please welcome the board president of the san francisco

unified school district, matt alexander. thank you, madam mayor. good morning. i want to start by speaking briefly to the sfusd students, families and frontline educators who have borne the brunt of the chaos we've seen over the past few months, from the special education hiring delays to the school closure process that did not follow the board's guidance around meaningful community engagement, i am sorry for what you've been through. it is not acceptable, and that's why my colleagues and i on the board took swift and decisive action to address those issues, and i want to thank my board colleagues who are behind me, many of whom are who are behind me for doing that. so the board of education, i think, deserves credit for taking action when action was required. and we could not have done it without the ongoing partnership of mayor london breed. and i just i am so, so grateful to the mayor for

your commitment to our public school kids, for your integrity around that, and your willingness to give us whatever we've asked for. frankly. and first, the stabilization team and now being willing to give up one of you noted, to be able to come and run the school district, that is. and it's just a testament. i think, to the mayor's, like i said, commitment to public schools and leadership and i've just been really, really grateful for that. we could not have done it without her. thank you, mayor breed. thank you so much. and there are so many others who have offered their assistance. state superintendent thurmond, thank you so much for being here. and yes, please, let's get let's give it up for our amazing state ri. but as he noted, they have been at the table. they have been the cde has been working in partnership with our district for months. and what need to do is to continue to accept that partnership, as he said, not for the for to make sure there's no nothing close to a takeover but to ensure that we

actually use the resources they're providing to stabilize our finances and to get sfusd on a stable footing, it needs to be on the board of supervisors. there are several supervisors here today really appreciate their presence every step of the way. they've been there to support us. they've they've sponsored the student success fund that's bringing in $35 million to our schools. this year. the lesson study pilot they passed in recent years. and over and over again, there's been historically there have been other examples of how the board has stepped up and said, our schools need resources. here we are. let's do it. so they're he tpport us. so thank you again, supervisors. yes, our our sfusd unions. i see cassandra curiel, the leader of ucsf is here. anna klafter. yeah, the principals union leader. i see folks from seiu at every step of the way. the unions have been constructive partners advocating for the needs of our frontline workers. and we share an interest in having the most highly qualified staff recruiting and retaining tho staff. and they've been

constructive partners at every step of the way. we've had philanthropists, community organizers, parent groups. everybody in this city wants our public schools toucceed. and what has been so frustrating to me recently, and what is about to change in a big way, is that despite all these offers to help, sometimes there's been a sort of cultural resistance within our central office to■q accept any help. there's this sense that kind of we got this and folks should keep their distance. well, as board president, let me be clear. we need your help. and we welcome it in. these fiscal and operational problems that sfusd is facing are not new. before i was on the board, i was a teacher and principal in the district. i started teaching at balboa high school in 1996 as a high school social studies teacher. and i and i remember when i submitted my college transcripts to hr, i think they lost them three times. so these problems are actuay not new. and there have been valiant attempts over the years to fix our our fiscal problems, our

for the most part, they've been allowed to fester and sfusd has some of the most talented educators anywhere. one othem i want to note here that that's here today, as our leader of our educational side of our district is carlene aguilera. ford. he was a teacher, a special education teacher, and then principal in our district. he's been committed his entire career to sfusd, except he left for a little bit to be a superintendent somewre else. but we got him back. he's going to be if all the proposal that we're bringing to the board tonight is to approve doctor maria su as as superintendent and carlene as deputy, so they're going to be a team to lead the district. so educators like carlene cannot do their jobs and produce better outcomes for kids if we don't have an effective management structure, if we don't have an effective central office, if we don't have a team making sure that our that our central office supports the schools and that our precious resources are being used to, to are being stewarded tou[ ensure

the best for our kids in our classrooms every day. and that's what's been missing in sfusd. it's not the educators, it's the systems that support them. and that is why i am so excited that maria su is going to be considered for the next position of sfusd superintendent. she is the one.■ she is the one who can bring us, who can help us once and for all, fix those systems. and the mayor already spo skillo did superintendent thurman. so i won't add to the to the details. i'll just say i'll use a metaphor. you know, our beloved san francisco giants finished the season in second to last place 18 games out. and what did they do? they hired buster posey to run the team. that's what we're doing with maria, sir. we're hiring buster posey to run the team. so this is our moment. san francisco, once and for all. we're going to take on our fiscal and operational challenges. we're going to balance our budget. we're going to overhaul our broken student assignment system. we're going x

our facilities. we're going to continue the work. we've started to ensure that academic excellence is not just found in a classroom here, in a school there, but is the standard throughout san francisco public schools, together with all of your help, with the mayor's help, with the state's help, with all of your help, we're going to rebuild sfusd and create the public schools. our students deserve. thank you. and now i have the honoof presenting doctor maria su. buster, aka buster. okay. wow. thank you. thank you, madam mayor. thank you. state superintendent tony thurman. thank you, senator scott wiener, board of education commissioners, board of partner, labor partners, and our beloved sfusd community. thank you so much for being here today.

honestly, if we can get all of these folks here for our children, then we have nothing to lose. we will win and we will get this job done. yes, yes. i stand before you today humbled and honored to be considered for this amazing opportunity to lead our schoodistrict. the outpour of support i've received over the past few days have been short of overwhelmingnd i've received from every corner of this city and beyond have shared this theme of renewed sense of hope for our schools. it is a similar hope that has guided my heart for the past 18 years. as

i work every single day to make san fraisco a great place to grow up, and for families tooure bedrock of our city. it is where dreams are nurtured, futures are shaped, communities come together. as a fellow sanancisct and a lifelong public servant who have dedicated my years to improve the outcomes for children, youth and families, i understand the profound responsibilities of this role and i am ready. yes. i know that

the district faces tremendous challenges and it's going to be a bumpy road. we're going to have to make some really tough decisions ahead of us, but i think we got it on camera that our state superintendent just said that he's not interested in taking over the district. what he wants to do is provide us support and guidance to make sure that our children and families get everything they need to succeed in our)s city. yes, that's right. and that means we get to fulfill the promise that we made to our children and families. we get to create the world class education that every single student in this city deserves, regardless

of where they came from and where they live. that's right. my immediate priorities, my immediate priorities are clear. present a balanced budget to the state superintendent. thank you sir. thank you. but need to rebuild relationships with our families, with our teachers, with our educators, with our staff. we need to bring back trust and oimism to our schools. and i also got to make sure that our operational systems are working together. right. these challenges are complex. i wish er, but there ae not. but i am confident that with the support of everyone behind me, we will get this

done. we together can chart a tu where our children will succeed and thrive. i have led the department of children, youth and their families for the past 15 years. i have taken this department through many, many challenges. a global pandemic, recessions, massive challenges and issues withinv our city. but through all of those ments, i have always kept children and families at the heart of every single decision i have made. while i am not an educator by training, i am a leader with a proven track record of building strong teams across systems,

overcoming obstacles and navigating through crisis. i promise you and everyone here i will bring that same level of dedication, compassion, and result driven outcomes to the district. yes. i am looking forward to leading our amazing, talented district leaders and staff to deliver for our children. our schools cannot fail. our students community arg on to join me to our students so that we can build a brighter future for all san francisco's children.

thank you. i'm going to introduce state super state senator scott wiener. thank you. thank you. maria. so it's been a tough few years for san francisco unified, especially over the last four years. but some of the problems that we're seeing now have been building for years. and it's been hard on students. it's been hard educators. it's just it's been hard on a lot of people. and as someone who is a product of public schools, and my mom was a high school, public school biology teacher, this is personal for me and for so many people in san francisco, whether or not they have kids in the district. and i am now so optimistic about this district's future, because for the first

time that i can remember in my many years of involvement in the city for the first time, i can remember we are all truly rowing in the same direction, and when we are rowing in the same direction, when this when we all cross political divides in you ? this isn't this can't be about politics. this is about our kid. this is about public education. when we do that, there's nothing that can stop us. and i am optimistic about the district's future. and i will also say that i have the honor of serving as the chair of the senate budget committee. i came in just in time for a $50 billion deficit, but as daunting as that is, one of the things that we all agreed to immediately was that we're not cutting public schools. we're just not doing it. and so we balanced the budget without

cutting a penny from public schools. and so we will be a partner to the school district. i will be a partner. and i want to also just say i have worked with maria sue for a long time. when i was on the board of supervisors, and she was now running dcyf. we worked incredibly closely for years, and i cannot think of a more inspired choice to lead san francisco unified than maria sue. she is someone who knows how to do how to administer a complicated organization, how to balance a budget and make sure that it stays balanced. and she also knows how to deeply engage with families. you know, we know that there are going to have to be changes over time with our schools. we know there's going to have to be changes, and it's going to be painful. and the choices are going to be hard. but when you

have leadership that engages deeply and you can achieve that kind of broad understanding of what's happening and buy in, that's when you can do it in a truly powerful way. and so i am, so i want to thank the school board. i want to thank the mayor because this is a really inspired choice. and with that, i want to bring up a public school parent, someone who lives actually really close to where where i live in an amazing district. eight dan surma. okay. hello everyone. my name is dan surma and i'm a parent of twin first graders at harvey milk. civil rights academy. you may have heard that harvey milk was one of the schools targeted for closure, and we were not exactly quiet about it. so i appreciate this opportunity to share my personal perspective. so my family's experience at harvey

milk has given us enormous confidence in public education. our children are thriving. they absolutely love learning and they love going to school. our twins started kindergarten not knowing how to read. and less than a year later, one of them read the first two wild robot books. there are about 300 pages each. your mileage may vary, but shout out to miss vashti, one of the most talented teachers i've encountered anywhere. i cannot say that we've had the same experience with the district, culminating in the chaos of the last two weeks. the parents and thearegivers of san francisco deserve enormous credit for the change that's happening today. it was incredible to witness the

way that our communities all came together and what's happening now is exactly what we've hoped for at home. it's exactly what this city needs. it's frankly refreshing( to see the alignment among san francisco leadership on doing what's right for our kids. so i, i . let's take a deep breath. let's reset, and let's be transparent and honest about the challenges and the trade offs we face. parents are, in fact, grownups, and we want to be treated that way. so no more plugging some numbers into a formula and then emailing the results out and pretending to want feedback while knowing nothing about our schools. on the ground. i look forward to doctor sue rebuilding trust with public school families by engaging transparently and honestly like i said, and more importantly, listening to and

prioritizing what matters to us. i'm very pleased to be getting a new superintendent who clearly knows how to run a functional organization, and who brings with her a long standing commitment to serving the children this city. i want to thank the mayor for her decisive leadership. i want to thank everybody up here for putting the children of san francisco first. this is what leadership looks like. this is the kind of leadership that san francisco and frankly, every city needs to thrive. cities can and should be the best place to raise a family. yeah, yeah, yeah. so let's get to work and give our kids the schools that they deserve. thank you. thank you so

much, dan. and thank you to all of our speakers and all of the folks who are joining us here today. as you can see from many of the comments, there is hope. there is hope and harvey milk once said, you got to give them hope and today we're giving the people of san francisco, whether it's the parents, the kids, the educators, folks who work for the school district, and even people who may not have kids or involvement in the school district. they too have been concerned. and we are giving the city hope about the future of this district and what we plan to do to make sure that the infrastructure is in place. so no matter who the superintendent or the school board is, it needs to be able to function no matter what. and that is what we are

providing here today is a road map to get there. what i ask of all of you is to be understanding and to be patient, and to work with us through this very difficult process, because it will not be easy. but rest assured, with the extraordinary leadership of doctor maria sue, i am confident that we can get there. thank you all so much for coming. okay, so we're taking just a few questions. if you have questions, somebody address the realities of and i know no one likes school closures and that kind of set everybody on fire. but what is the realities of the necessity of that going forward. well, that is something that is probably going to need

to happen. and ultimately there has to be clarity as to what that means and how much are we talking? i mean, we got to get the facts before we can begin the conversation, and it may look more like a school merger than a school closure. so i think that the district needs time to get to the heart of the issues around its finances to get a better understanding. i mean, we got to look at geographic equity. we got to think about, you know, when you close a school in a district, where's the next closest thing we got kids who walk to these schools and we want to make sure they have these kinds of experiences. and i think a score doesn't take into consideration all the impacts in community. and i think that before we began the conversation, we got to know what our criterias are. we got to know what our issues are. and there are hard decisions. as we said, none of us have shied away from the fact that there will be hard decisions that need to be

made, but we need to make them from a place of fact. we need to at least begin with that. and i think, you know, we are planning to make sure that we have that before we even begin that discussion. so for maria sue, would this be a multiyear what's your vision for how we're going to proceed with these difficult times? i know you talked about the importance of communicating with people. what is that going to look like for families and people in san francisco? what can we expect for emails or press conferences? what is that going to look like? well, as i shared. so the question is what is it going to look like moving forward under my leadership? i have three priorities. i'mnd shd budget that satisfies the requis first and foremost what we will do on day one in terms of engagement with families. i like clearly there are plenty many

people here that can provide me with insights on how to better communicate with families the most efficient way, but honestly, what it's going to start with is me going out to schools, having conversations, having coffee with families, having snacks with young people, doing all the things that we as a parent do when we want to talk and engage with our young peopl. that's what i'm going to be doing. i'm going to be out, out in the schools, out in the community, having conversations with our teachers to understand what are their needs, what can we at central office do better? what are we as central office are doing really well? how do we do more of that? how do we support the parent who has to take multiple transits to get to the school? how do we support families who need additional resources to help their child read, write and do math or have

some social emotional difficulties? those are all conversations that i plan to have and will have moving forward. doctor sue i know it's still early. you haven't even been sworn in officially as superintendent, but just kind of assessing the district overall. and if there's any immediate things that come to mind irms oe able to make to balance the budget, i'm going to have to work very closely with our amazing budget leaders here to figure out what the budget looks like. i am committed to spending a lot of time to comb through the budget and identify where we can have greater efficiencies. i will say that the california department of education's fiscal advisor has been amazingly helpful. they have taught us to tighten our belt and live within

our means. and by doing that, we are showing progress in moving towards a balanced budget. but i have a question for mayor breed, mayor, as you're hitting the campaign trail, it's the final days till the election. is this something that you're hearing about from families and then wanted to get your reaction to the latest polling out tod willy say that when i am out on the streets of san francisco, whether people have kids in the school district or not, everyone's concerned about the schools, and it's heartbreaking to hear people say, i may have to leave san francisco if the schools don't get it together or i may have to pull my kids out of these schools, or i have preschoolers who won't be able to go to the school in their neighborhood. so this is i mean, probably above everything else that anyone's talking about, right now. everyone is concerneo

important that we restore faith in our school district. and that's important to me. at the end of the day, the people of san francisco will make their decision about any elected position, no matter what a poll says. ultimately, i have made it clear that i will always respect any decision that the people of san francisco make during an election and all the way up until the end of my time as mayor, i will spend every single day prioritizing and putting this city first and inserting myself into situations in order to ensure the success of our city as a whole. just like i've done here for the school district. thank you. all right. thank you, mayor. well done. appreciate it. yeah. like.

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neighborhood where geograically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner hav le in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to

get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the■m co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an

overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having healthy foods atasonable people fruits and vegetables an afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies

and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way.

>> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to getg carbons but getting extra fooda carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i

lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in

the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine■! but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more >> [music] what's this for? i will have nile firefighter

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