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Grocery shopping in Buffalo's food desert

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Grocery shopping in Buffalo's food desert
Grocery shopping in Buffalo's food desert

Buffalo's East Side is considered a food desert.

It is a problem for people who live there because they don't have access to affordable and nutritious food.

BACK NOW WITH ANEW 20-MILLIONDOLLARDEVELOPMENTPROJECT THAT ISEXPECTED TOTRANSFORM ANUNDESERVED PART OFBUFFALO.CONSTRUCTION ISNOW OFFICIALLYUNDERWAY AT MOUNTAARON VILLAGE.WHEN COMPLETE...THE HOUSINGCOMPLEX WILLINCLUDE SIXTYAPARTMENT UNITSAND MORE THAN ADOZEN TOWNHOUSESACROSS TWO ACRESOF LAND ON GENESEESTREET, JUST EAST OFJEFFERSON AVENUE.THIS DAY ISMILESTONE FORPASTOR DWAYNJONES -- WHO WEFIRST SPOKE WITHTWO YEARS AGOABOUT HIS EFFORTSTO SECURE FUNDINGFOR THIS PROJECT.THIS WILL OFFERAFFORDABLE SAFE ANDCLEAN HOUSING.

THISIS JUST THE START -- IFEEL WITH YOURSUPPORT WE CANCONTINUE TO MAKEBUFFALO SAFE FEVERYONEALL NEW AT FIVE... 7EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER ALAERREHBI LOOKS ATEXACTLY WHAT THISNEW DEVELOPMENTWILL MEAN FOR THECOMMUNITY.TRT = 1:40,OUTCUE: STANDARDPKG:STANDUP: "BUFFALO'SEAST SIDE ISCONSIDERED A FOODDESERT.

THIS IS APROBLEM FORPEOPLE WHO LIVEHERE BECAUSE THEYDON'T HAVE ACCESSTO AFFORDABLE ANDNUTRITIOUS FOOD.THERE AREN'T THATMANY GROCERYSTORES HERE THATARE CLOSE ENOUGHTO THEM.""WE ARE CONSIDEREDA FOOD DESERT ONFEDERAL STANDARDS.THEY HAVE TO GOOVER THREE MILES TOTHE EAST, NORTH,SOUTH OR WEST TOGET TO ASUPERMARKET.

AND IBELIEVE IN THE 21STCENTURY THAT WESHOULDN'T HAVE TOHAVE THAT GOING ON,"SOME PEOPLE HAVETO TAKE ONE ORMORE BUSES TO GETTO A SUPERMARKET.SOME HAVE TO TAKE ATAXI OR AN UBER, ANDPASTOR DWYANEJONES SAYS THAT CANTAKE AWAY FROM THELIMITED BUDGET THEYMIGHT HAVE.PASTOR JONES SAYSTHIS IS AN ISSUE HE'DLIKE TO TACKLE BYTRYING TO GET ASUPERMARKET ONTHE EAST SIDE.'THERE'S A LOT OFVACANT LOTS ONGENESEE, THERE'SROOM FOR A MARKETON GENESEE, I THINKTHAT'S AN IDEAL AREA.I'M LOOKING AT THE600 BLOCK OFGENESEE AND IBELIEVE THAT THERE'SA LOT OF VACANTLOTS THAT I'MACTUALLY FORMING ADDA ON NOW, ANDWOULD GIVE USACCESS TO BUILD ASUPERMARKET."HE ADDS THE AREANEEDS TO HAVEGROCERY STORESOON, GIVEN THEHOUSING PLANS FORTHIS AREA."WE'RE OPENING UPTHE MOUNT AARONVILLAGE WITHIN AYEAR, THAT'LL BE 60UNITS ON 2.2 ACRESWITH 16TOWNHOUSES.

WHENYOU HAVE AN INFLUXOF THOSE MANYPEOPLE IN YOURGEOGRAPHICAL AREA,THOSE PEOPLE HAVETO HAVE SOMEWHERETO SHOP MONDAYTHROUGH FRIDAY INORDER TO HAVEPROPER FOOD ONTHEIR TABLE."THERE WERE PLANSLAST YEAR TO BUILDAFFORDABLEHOUSING UNITS AND AGROCERY STORE ON201 ELLICOTT STREET,DEVELOPERS SAIDTHEY'D BOTH BE OPENBY 2021.IN BUFFALO, ALAERREBHI, 7 EWN.

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