Loiter Marketplace

An innovative and non-traditional marketplace-café addressing the lack of community wealth as the root cause of food insecurity. Led by Chef Ismail Samad, co-founder of Loiter, this physical and online marketplace will feature local foods and products from East Cleveland culinarians, creatives, and farmers, building the foundation for establishing a resilient, community-owned supply chain. The physical market will partially address the 165 million dollar leakage of local dollars that flee the community due to there not being any local grocery stores, (non fast food) dine in restaurants, and other essential community needs.