This Indianapolis neighborhood wants a grocery store. It s competing with others. Amelia Pak-Harvey, Indianapolis Star
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As a child, Sabae Martin could walk just 0.2 miles from her house on Capitol Avenue to the Seven-Eleven Supermarket.
So could her classmates, she recalls, with a shopping list from their mothers and change in their pocket.
At that time in the late 1960s, the Butler-Tarkington area had multiple grocery stores. Now, Martin stands in an empty parking lot where the Standard Grocery used to be, just across the street from the tattered building that once housed the Seven-Eleven, which later became known as the Double 8 grocery store.
Des Plaines Community Foundation awards scholarships Nell Veronica Jakoniuk Courtesy of Des Plaines Community Foundation Marissa Parcell Courtesy of Des Plaines Community Foundation Baily Celeste Saunders Courtesy of Des Plaines Community Foundation Jesus Vallejo Courtesy of Des Plaines Community Foundation Sarah Hussien Courtesy of Des Plaines Community Foundation
Updated 5/28/2021 12:07 PM
The Des Plaines Community Foundation awarded five, $1,500 scholarships to 2021 Des Plaines college-bound students. This is the ninth year the foundation has offered scholarships.
According to Rosemary Argus, executive director of the foundation, the annual scholarships are available for both two- and four-year college students starting school in 2021.
We believe that helping our young adults obtain a college education is an investment, not only in the future of our youth, but also in the future of Des Plaines, said Argus. The s
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