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Wesley Mahan's avatar

I just moved from NW after 13 yrs, and it was excellent having a local grocery store. I'm now in Milwaukie downtown, and I have to get in my car and drive 2 miles to the nearest real grocery store. I don't consider New Seasons in NW as a local grocery store, as most residents in far NW can't actually walk there and carry grocery bags back. I'd love to see the old Food Front be reborn as a grocery store.

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Bob Weinstein's avatar

As much as, like many others, I’d like to have seen Market of Choice come in, I’m pleased that Mark New stayed the course and will redevelop the property. Hopefully the result will be a nice addition to the neighborhood.

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Jennifer Keene's avatar

I’d love to see a produce market with a few local specialty products like this one:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9rTKphAktch4g9kv7?g_st=ipc

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Kyle McAvoy's avatar

I love the idea of a produce market plus perhaps something like Wellspent. It might be fun to have a marketplace atmosphere with a variety of shops: Mama Hapas, Wellspent, and others like them

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Autumn's avatar

I'm ok with this development because I belive New has good intentions, but the sale of the property still should have been put forth for an ownership vote on principle. We all know the memeber list was tampered with, and therefore true legal vote impossible, but Fulton had an opportunity to demonstrate continued upholding of a democratally run co-op which this sale sans owner input now nullifies.

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Julie DeJardin's avatar

I miss the old Food Front mightily…I’d go far as to say I miss the check out guys who never smiled or said hello. Bring it back as well as the wonderful array of meat products…those baby back ribs in cryovac….miss those too !

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Curtis Holloway's avatar

Another market with a product line similar to Food Front's would be doomed to failure at that location.

In 1972, Food Front opened. It had no competition for healthy food products in NW.

Since then Whole Foods opened in 2002,

Safeway on Lovejoy opened in 2008,

World Foods opened in 2014 and

World Foods on NW 9th opened in 2015.

Cash and Carry (Chef's Store) moved from NW 14th to NW Thurman in 2014 bringing it closer to Food Front.

Besides now having many competitors, the Food Front location is too geographically isolated and it has too little parking to be a successful food market.

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