City leaders, concerned about the availability of healthy food options for residents who live near 39th and Prospect, announced a brand new grocery store coming to the area.
(mark) a new grocery store is on the way for a neighborhood that doesn’t have many places to buy food. chris hernandez is live tonight at 39th and prospect in kansas city.(chris) a new aldi grocery store will be built here at 39th and prospect… in a neighborhood known as a food desert… a place where it’s hard to find fresh food. the project is finally a go… five years after the city first offered tax breaks to build here.3 3 houses were torn down and the land cleared several years ago. neighbor bessie mays is happy that soon, she won’t have to go so far away to shop for groceries.bessie MAYS/NEIGHBOR: “It shows us that someone cares for us and our neighborhood is growing. That’s the big deal. A change is taking place at 39th and Prospect.”THE INNER CITY neighborhood is considered a “food desert”.there are corner stores, but no real grocery stores.leon’s thriftway, the next closest
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