Deborah Sims, like Newton, also attended the rallies at Mount Trashmore. Now she and the coalition she helped form are on the cusp of turning the municipally-owned site across from Johnsons Creek, bordered by Central Avenue, Trowel Street and Suggetts Lane, into an agricultural and wellness campus. The new name? Mount Growmore. On Monday Bridgeport’s City Council is likely to approve a land development agreement and ground lease for the property with the East End NRZ Market & Cafe. The market/cafe was co-founded a few years ago by Sims and others to provide fresh and healthy food in the East End, which has been considered a “food desert” because its residents lack easy access to those necessities. The first phase of Mount Growmore’s build-out involves indoor hydroponic gardens in trailers, an idea which, Sims said, came about because market staff typically have to travel about an hour away to purchase reasonably-priced produce to re-sell locally.
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