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Latino Firm Opening Supermarket In Food Desert

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

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A Latino-led private-equity firm has agreed to open a supermarket in a Chicago area that's been labeled a food desert....

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Old Stockyards Dumping Ground Bubbly Creek Still Bubbling

Chicago Journal | TIM TALIAFERRO | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

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A chain link fence separates Bubbly Creek, a polluted backwater cul-de-sac of the Chicago River, from human contact near 35th Street and Racine Avenue...

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