Fruit Belt leaders call for investment in neighborhood food store
Plans need to be funded to open a flagship store in the Fruit Belt for the African Heritage Food Co-op.
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Plans need to be funded to open a flagship store in the Fruit Belt for the African Heritage Food Co-op.
The need is greater than ever for the community to have access to healthy food choices with Tops Supermarket closed for an uncertain amount of time.
Organizers from the African Heritage Co-Op gathered Tuesday for a news conference calling on the community for donations into their new project.
A mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., has turned a community's only grocery store into a cordoned-off crime scene, with no word on when it might reopen. Local organizers are stepping up to help.
The Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue remains closed as the company – and the community – continue to grapple with the pain of last weekend’s mass shooting. While the community has rallied to provide food and other donations in the interim, the shutdown shines a light on the challenge to acquire healthy food in many East Side neighborhoods.