DENVER — Many may know Denver's Sun Valley neighborhood as home to Empower Field at Mile High, but it's also a diverse and growing community, and one where access to fresh, healthy food has been limited.

“It's been a food desert,” said Annie Hancock, Denver Housing Authority’s director of resident and community connections. “[The] closest grocery store is about two miles away. A lot of our community members were shopping at the 7-Eleven up the street.”

The neighborhood got a boost four years ago. Denver7 was there in September 2021 when Decatur Fresh — part of a Denver Housing Authority (DHA) project — first prepared to open its doors to give residents easier access to fresh produce.

“Decatur Fresh and the Osage Cafe Mercado, they're both operated as social enterprises under the n

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