Over the next few weeks (and hopefully longer) I will be taking you through the places I've lived and showing you some Crazy & Cool Land Uses! I will be starting off with my hometown, Pittsfield, MA. Check back every Wednesday for a new town. Enjoy!
Friday, November 26, 2010
Crazy Long Time without a Full-Service Grocery Store
Can you imagine growing up a town that did not have a full-service grocery store for over 20 years. This was the reality of Maywood, IL (suburb of Chicago with a population of 27,000). However, thanks to millions of dollars in infrastructure upgrades from the Village, Maywood Market opened this last April. Maywood residents can now buy meat, fruits and vegetables in their own community instead of having to travel a few miles to the closest full-service grocery store. At the same time, this situation does not technically qualify as a food dessert because there at least 5 full service grocery surrounding Maywood). It is interesting that the new grocery store is occupying the same building where the last grocery was once located. The city hopes that this will be the start of a major downtown revitalization (the Village hasn't seen a major retailer in their downtown since the last grocery store closed). If you want to see a local news story on this, then follow the link: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7394893.
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