2/25/13 In Richmond, food accessibility a problem too | Urban Views Weekly: Richmond’s Contemporary Lifestyle Newspaper urbanviewsweekly.com/2013/02/05/richmond-food-accessibility/ 1/4 By Mechelle Hankerson The Farm Fresh at the intersection of 25th and Main streets looks like a normal grocery store. Paper cutouts in the shape of hot air balloons decorate the windows to advertise for medical research donations. Families, usually with young children, come in and out with enough bags to suggest they’ve only bought dinner for the night. In the parking lot, cars struggle to back out of spaces and negotiate the small space to exit and enter. Inside, shoppers wait in one of the eight checkout lines and overflow into the aisles of food. The shoppers put up with it, mostly because it’s the only viable option unless they want to travel about 10 miles to Kroger near Laburnum Avenue or about three miles across town to the Kroger on Broad and Lombardy streets. The east end of Richmond didn’t always look like this. Longtime Church Hill resident Mary Thompson can remember when there were multiple large grocery stores in the area so residents weren’t clamoring for parking spots, checkout lanes or to get the best pick out of the small selection of food and produce. She’s lived in the neighborhood her whole life — 75 years — and can remember small strips of businesses with ice cream shops, small specialty stores and servicebased stores, like barbers. By the time the early ’80s came, Thompson said most of the stores and business strips had vanished from the neighborhood. Share this article Tweet this Digg it Add to Delicious Share on Facebook Stumble it Subscribe by RSS In Richmond, food accessibility a problem too Posted by Urban Views Weekly on February 5, 2013 in Health · 0 Comments * indicates required Email* First Name Last Name Subscribe Search the Deal Non Profit of the Month View Points VSU Sports Update Web Extra Health & Home Smart Living Blog Subscribe Advertising Submissions Terms & Conditions Contact & About Us Locations
Written in February 2013 for Urban Views Weekly in Richmond, Va.
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2/25/13 In Richmond, food accessibility a problem too | Urban Views Weekly: Richmond’s Contemporary Lifestyle Newspaper