Gov. Pritzker Breaks Ground on New Grocery Store in Venice – Press Release

Established in 2023 and initially announced in Venice, the Illinois Grocery Initiative is a multipronged policy designed to mitigate and eliminate food deserts across Illinois. The initiative consists of two key grant programs—the New Stores in Food Deserts Program and the Equipment Upgrades Grant Program. To date, DCEO has awarded a total of $18.1 million statewide, which includes $16.5 million for new grocery stores and $1.6 million for equipment upgrades.
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The Railroader
6 months ago

JB the Hutt has servants to shop for and prepare his caloric intake. This may be the first time The Hutt has seen the interior of a grocery store in decades.

This gets tried over and over. Look for this ‘new grocery store’ to be yet another looted abandoned building within 18 months of this political animal photo op.

Riverbender
6 months ago

Venice school district is also getting a brand new school for its less than 100 students.

Fed up neighbor
6 months ago

This is nothing but State run grocery stores and taxpayers are going to pay dearly

Ataraxis
6 months ago

As Sam Kinison wisely said, “Move to where the food is!”

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