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Meeting To Discuss Potential Cooperative Grocery Store

Rachel Otwell/WUIS

Amy Bishop is an artist and teacher from Springfield with a vision of a cooperative grocery store in her community. She's hosting a meeting tomorrow night at 6 at Donnie's Homespun in the Vinegar Hill Mall in Springfield to talk about that possibility, it's open to the public. She'll be joined by Jacqueline Hannah who directs Common Ground, a co-op grocery in Champaign who will speak with the group about what it takes to get such a place up and running. Bishop joined WUIS for this interview: 
CLICK HERE for more info about the meeting tomorrow (7/11) night at 6pm at Donnie's Homespun in the Vinegar Hill Mall.

Rachel Otwell of the Illinois Times is a former NPR Illinois reporter.