Why Wilmington wants to end dangerous local food deserts
Story Date: 8/25/2021

 

Source: WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 8/23/21

The supermarket that once stood here served residents of the surrounding housing complexes, and it was called Everybody's. In spring 2018, fire engulfed it. And when Everybody's Supermarket closed, it created yet another neighborhood in the coastal North Carolina city where poor, mostly minority residents have few places to buy fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, fresh meat. Today, the faded lines of the former grocery store parking lot point to a plot...

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