Tag: grocery stores

A view of the front of the Urbana City Building.

Urbana officials pledge $800,000 for new grocery store, contingent on state grant

Urbana officials are taking steps that could bring a grocery store to the city’s north end. On Monday night, the City Council pledged to allocate $800,000 to tackle a food desert in Ward 3. The money is meant to support an application for the Illinois Grocery Initiative, a program that could provide up to $2.4

opening of grocery store in Cairo, Illinois

The government spends millions in food deserts to open grocery stores. Why aren’t they surviving?

More than 100 people congregated in the parking lot of Rise Community Market on its opening day a little over a year ago. As they listened to celebratory speeches, the audience erupted into joyful exclamations: “Mercy!” “Wonderful!” “Wow!” “All right!” Colorful homemade signs raised by local leaders beckoned the crowd to join in: “We!” “Are!”