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Article: Pittsburghers Speak Out: What would a grocery store mean to the Hill District?
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- August 13, 2008
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On Aug. 9 a community development meeting was held to explain two proposals for a grocery store in the Hill District. One of the store's was Kuhn's Market, the other was Save A Lot. There hasn't been a grocery store in the Hill in decades. We asked participants at the community development meet what a grocery store would mean to the Hill District. Here's what you said.
"There is a tremendous need for a grocery store in the Hill. The residents have a very difficult time getting groceries. The sooner we get one, the better the community will be."
Richard Witherspoon
Federal Credit Union
Hill District
"It would provide needed groceries, food for local residents within walking distance for many ...