Three Sisters Market, a Charlotte Urban Institute-backed food cooperative, receives a $1.5 million boost from Wells Fargo

The Three Sisters Market, an aspirational, community-owned food cooperative targeted for Charlotte’s West Boulevard corridor, long championed by the Charlotte Urban Institute, alongside Johnson C. Smith University and prominent west Charlotte community leaders, is a step closer to breaking ground.

On April 7, Wells Fargo, one of the city’s largest banking institutions, announced a $1.5 million gift to the West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition, which is spearheading the market’s development. When completed, the market will be the first full-service grocery store in nearly 40 years for the neighborhood, described by residents as a “food desert.” Read more