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  • Why opening grocery stores alone doesn't solve food deserts

    Aug 9, 2024 12:30 pm by Pro PublicaIllinois in the News
    Board members and other stakeholders raise signs reading, “We are no longer a food desert,” at the grand opening of Rise Community Market in Cairo, Illinois, in June 2023.

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    • Board members and other stakeholders raise signs reading, “We are no longer a food desert,” at the grand opening of Rise Community Market in Cairo, Illinois, in June 2023.

    ProPublica (Aug. 9)  Illinois Extension economic development educator John Shadowens is part of the state-funded group surveying grocery stores across Illinois to identify their main obstacles to staying in business.