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Article: Hill District grocery store may be closer; State adds $10 million to inner-city store fund
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- September 26, 2004
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A grocery store in the Hill District may be a step closer to reality with Gov. Edward G. Rendell and state Rep. Dwight Evans,' D-Philadelphia, announcement of additional money for opening supermarkets in underserved areas.
The state has already committed $100 million to help grocery storeowners find land and build stores in underserved areas.
The lack of grocery stores in underserved areas across Pennsylvania has negatively affected the health and wellbeing of some citizens. Recent reports indicate that people who live in lower-income areas without access to fresh foods appear to suffer from diet-related deaths at a rate higher than that experienced by the population as a whole. This is a ...