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In my own backyard!

I just came across a news story that fits that description in two different ways. One, it's about the main grocery store where I shop: Cub Foods on beleagered West Broadway. It opened about three years ago, I think--I was there within an hour of its opening. Apparently it has yet to turn a profit. It certainly doesn't lack for business, but it sounds like it's a matter of what people are buying. Interesting that a store in this neighborhood sells so much meat, which is generally a higher priced source of calories. Certainly, the checkout lines don't want for chicken and beef, though they're usually tempered with chips, sweets, and multi-colored sugar drinks.

But on the other end, the faculty member mentioned here (Bernadette Longo) is part of my new department--the freshly birthed Department of Writing Studies. Looking over her CV, it appears that she's done several projects in my neighborhood. I'll have to look her up!

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