Women play a prominent role in developing local and regional food systems that are creating jobs, pulling new people into agriculture, connecting communities, and improving health.
Called ReCitizen, the startup, an L3C or low-profit limited liability company, wants to make it easier and faster for communities to engage in such revitalization efforts as restoring historic buildings or creatingnew parks.
But these new stores are also bringing new economic development into these communities, because they serve as anchors to attract other businesses to invest, and creating even more new jobs.