SAGINAW, MI – A new nonprofit grocery store intended to provide healthy, affordable food and nutrition education in what is now considered a food desert is expected to open next year, but officials say they need an additional $1.5 million in funds to make it happen.

The Saginaw Community Food Club & Kitchen, under construction at 310 Meredith St., near MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw, will be a nonprofit, membership-based grocery store aimed at reducing hunger, improving food access, and bettering the health of residents, particularly those in food deserts.

“Compared to right now, our food system is set up that if you can afford to go grocery shopping, you get to, and if you can’t, you stand in line,” said Saginaw Community Food Club CEO Tina Swanton. “You’re expected to be happy with

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