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Tag: food desert

Posted inAustin Eats

West Side fresh food market to get a permanent home

by Igor Studenkov June 10, 2022June 10, 2022

Austin Harvest, a fresh food market run by students from By The Hand Club’s after school program, received a $250,000 Chicago Recovery Plan Community Development Grant last month. Between this and By The Hand’s fundraising, the nonprofit now has enough money to build something it has long sought — a permanent physical space that will […]

Posted inNews

West Humboldt Park getting large grocery store, city says

by Mina Bloom/Block Club Chicago May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
Posted inNews

City Council approves plan to buy closed West Side Aldi

by Pascal Sabino/Block Club Chicago February 28, 2022February 28, 2022
Posted inCommunity

With grocers closed, West Side market’s work more important than ever

by Igor Studenkov February 11, 2022June 11, 2022
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Residents angered at West Side Aldi’s abrupt closure

by Pascal Sabino/Block Club Chicago November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

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