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Things corrode, they rust. They get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. But it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. Narrator two Massive Underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the citys water supply. They run hundreds of feet below manhattan, far deeper than the subways. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, they are concretelined and bored through ...

In the price we pay for water. Man when you take a look at how much people pay for water, as a percentage of median household income, its usually less than 1 . And when you compare that to how much we pay for electricity and gas, cable tv, and internet, the bottom line is, in the United States, we dont pay a heck of a lot for water. Curtis at an average cost of about 2. 50 for 1,000 gallons of tap water, it is a great bargain. Garvin but the rates that are being charged for water are insufficien...

Helps the store owner to do produce, understand how to work with produce and merchandise and work within the margins and profits associated with it. One important point to note and cigarettes give only 11 the Natural Foods can be 30 to 40 so there is an incentive to be more profitable and have more incentives and in tune to carrying these Healthy Foods and thank you very much and i am available for questions. Can i ask that you repeat the statistics and its more profitable to sell produce than a...

Provide most of the citys water supply. They run hundreds of feet below manhattan, far deeper than the subways. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, they are concretelined and bored through solid rock. They could last centuries. But the mechanical equipment within them will not. Engineers in the 1950s discovered rust on the tunnels valves. There were concerns that if they closed the valves for tunnel inspections, they may never open again, leaving new york city without water. So they chos...

Through the farmer markets or establishments and again i want to thank the folks that came together around this measure to and move it forward with supervisor mar. Thank you. Now i would like to ask the two departments that are administering this Healthy Food Retailer Program and before susan and the department of Public Health thats the real vision before the program i want to ask jorge to present. Hello and i am with the office of Economic Development and we are excited to be part of this and ...

Organizer with food justice and doing some of the management in the coalition and i would like to applaud you supervisors and doing this work and sets base and Community Work having a positive impact and providing resources to really expand the programs. In the healther Food Coalition started a year ago and we had a convening and residents identified the desire to turn the Corner Stores that tend to have negative impact into something positive and we got a coalition from the meeting and met with...

As you may know we are a coalition of over 25 Community Members and cbos and the Community Working collaboratively to ensure sustainable and affordable and healthy food is available to the residents in bay view Hunters Point. We have developed a Pilot Program for sustainable retail in the bay view Hunters Point neighborhood and in addition to the food guard guardians and Health Promotion throughout the country and influenced other efforts in other under served neighborhoods in the city and it ha...

Alcohol and cigarettes. Sure. I have been involved in the natural Food Industry for 3540 years and clearly what is happening is that there is a Strong Demand for these natural Food Products and also produce, so these numbers the gros Profit Margins that the stores can have and be competitive is between the 30 and 40 range. Cigarettes is 11 and alcohol is 25 so there is incentive to be more profitable and always as they will discover these other items like cigarettes and alcohol are a smaller of ...

And thank you very much and i am available for questions. Can i ask that you repeat the statistics and its more profitable to sell produce than alcohol and cigarettes. Sure. I have been involved in the natural Food Industry for 3540 years and clearly what is happening is that there is a Strong Demand for these natural Food Products and also produce, so these numbers the gros Profit Margins that the stores can have and be competitive is between the 30 and 40 range. Cigarettes is 11 and alcohol is...

Carrying these Healthy Foods and thank you very much and i am available for questions. Can i ask that you repeat the statistics and its more profitable to sell produce than alcohol and cigarettes. Sure. I have been involved in the natural Food Industry for 3540 years and clearly what is happening is that there is a Strong Demand for these natural Food Products and also produce, so these numbers the gros Profit Margins that the stores can have and be competitive is between the 30 and 40 range. Ci...