Program aims to remedy a post-Katrina shortage of grocery stores in New Orleans | The Republic

A new financing initiative will help address a lingering post-Katrina shortage of grocery stores in New Orleans, City Council members said. The aim of the program is to increase access to fresh foods in underserved neighborhoods. Officials said it should also spur other types of economic development in the city where large areas of land still show the scars of the 2005 storm...

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