New grocery store to end 30-year food desert in this west Charlotte neighborhood, Three Sisters Market

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Plans are underway to open a grocery store in an underserved Charlotte community for the first time in 30 years.

The West Boulevard neighborhood is considered a food desert with no reliable access to affordable and nutritious food.

“I do not know if this community understands how unlevel the playing field has been,” said Janiqua Jackson, the general manager of the planned Three Sisters Market.

The Market will be a 12,000 square foot grocery store located at West Boulevard and Clanton Road. Read more at Queen City News