Grocery store opens in Birmingham's Five Points West

MARIJUANA. FRESH FRUIT, VEGGIES AND OTHER HEALTHY FOODS. NOW EASIER TO FIND IN WEST BIRMINGHAM WITH THE GRAND OPENING OF A NEW GROCERY STORE IN FIVE POINTS WEST WVTM 13. MATTIE DAVIS TELLS US WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA CONSIDERED TO BE A FOOD DESERT FOR YEARS. RESIDENTS HERE HAVE HAD TO TRAVEL MILES TO GET TO THE NEAREST PLACE TO FIND GROCERIES. THE OPENING OF THIS NEW STORE MAKING IT A LOT EASIER TO FIND FRESH PRODUCE IN NECESSITY IS WE NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME. HUMILITY IS BRINGING PEOPLE BACK TO THE GROSS STUFF WE DON’T HAVE HERE. I’M PLAYING ON SOMEBODY. OPEN THIS DOOR ON THE WEST BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY LINED UP TO BE THE FIRST THROUGH THE DOORS OF THE NEWEST GROCERY STORE IN FIVE POINTS WEST. TWO THREE WAY. THE SPACE ONCE HOME TO A WINN-DIXIE, SAT VACANT FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS. GETTING IT FILLED A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM THIS SUMMER. A BLESSING. SO MANY DISEASES CAN BE PREVENTED BY JUST FRESH FOOD ACCESS AND MAKING IT CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE A HEALTHIER CHOICE. IT’S JUST SO CRITICAL. THE CITY OFFERED AN INCENTIVE TO HELP BRING A GROCERY STORE BACK TO THE AREA, AND THEY DESERVE IT. AND PROXIMITY WHERE THEY LIVE. AND THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITY TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING. LOCAL GROCER FOOD GIANT STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE. WE GOT A LOT OF NO’S BEFORE WE GOT A YES. IT’S THE TENACITY, THOUGH, OF THE OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT REALLY GOT US TO TODAY. AND THE HOMETOWN GROCER COMING TO THE RESCUE ONCE CLOSED DOORS NOW OPEN, BRINGING A PLACE TO BUY, PRODUCE, MEAT, CANNED GOODS AND MORE. BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND IF YOU GO TO OTHER SIDES OF TOWNS AND OTHER ZIP CODES, YOU FIND MALLS, OPEN GROCERY STORES WITH MULTIPLE HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS IN WALKING AND DRIVING DISTANCE OF WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA DESERVE THE SAME THING IN BIRMINGHAM, MATT