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Lidl opens doors to its first DC grocery store | Fox 5

October 06, 2022
  • D.C. Policy Center

On September 28, 2022, the D.C. Policy Center’s presentation, Food Access in DC: A Focus on Retail Grocery Store Access, was cited by Fox 5:

The location at 2224 Town Center Drive SE is the first new grocery store in Ward 7 in over a decade. Local leaders hope the new store will address gaps in access to food for residents in neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. 80 percent of D.C.’s food deserts were in Ward 7 and Ward 8  in 2017, according to D.C. Policy Center. 

Read more: Lidl opens doors to its first DC grocery store | Fox 5

Related: Food Access in DC: A Focus on Retail Grocery Store Access | D.C. Policy Center

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