Detroit is down eight grocery stores since 2017. The food ecosystem lacked stability even before the pandemic. (via Axios Detroit)
, a health food advocate, is working to open an equity-crowdfunded grocery store concept called Neighborhood Grocery in Jefferson Chalmers."If you look at a map and don't just look at Detroit, but the inner ring suburbs around it, you'll notice an arc of grocery stores," Josh Elling, chief executive of the nonprofit Jefferson East Inc., tells Axios.
These nearby locations get to capture Detroiters' dollars without dealing with the higher costs of operating in the city, Elling says. But they don't serve residents without transportation access or time to travel far.
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