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The 2003 Northside Community Plan aimed to reduce crime, provide economic growth and build a grocery store Some changes have been made, while others are still in progress, but some say those changes brought negative effects The Northside has seen progress, but they have also seen gentrification of their Black community Some believe a new plan is needed to address the current issues the Northside faces now In the early 2000s, Wilmington’s Northside had a vision.  At the time, the Northside saw more than one-third of families from its neighborhoods living in poverty. Northside is described a...

A Northside Food Co-op is being planned for the Northside of downtown Wilmington. It will host its first community event on Monday, Dec. 21. (Port City Daily/File) WILMINGTON—It’s a conversation that has been going on for quite a while now: When is an affordable grocery store coming downtown? Local community members and organizations have banded together to bring the Northside Food Co-op one step closer to reality. On Monday, Dec. 21, a pop-up lunch will be hosted by the Northside Food Co-op, along with organizations Feast Down East, Nourish NC, Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC, LINC I...