New Happenings on the Community Owned Grocery Store
Getting food to the table in a safe, economical way to rural North Dakota is a basic need that many people take for granted, unless of course, the local grocery store closes. Many of our elderly and young families who can’t afford to travel to nearby cities due to the current high transportation costs are left with highly processed, less nourishing food that can be bought in bulk and stored for later use. Fresh produce and meat are scarce commodities.
After the Hazelton Grocery store closed its doors in December, the Hazelton Development Corp. has explored all options to re-open the store. After many months of meetings, the community has decided to partner together and find a solution. That solution is to open the local grocery store as a “community-run store”. An equity drive is currently underway to help with operations, start-up, and inventory costs. The community has been most responsive and many community members have committed funds to once again have a grocery store here in Hazelton. I couldn’t be prouder of how Hazelton works together to solve it’s own problems!