CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Plans are underway to open a grocery store in an underserved Charlotte community for the first time in 30 years.

The West Boulevard neighborhood is considered a food desert with no reliable access to affordable and nutritious food.

"I do not know if this community understands how unlevel the playing field has been," said Janiqua Jackson, the general manager of the planned Three Sisters Market.

The Market will be a 12,000 square foot grocery store located at West Boulevard and Clanton Road.

"Children especially, they need real food like produce," said Tasha Williams, who lives in the neighborhood and likes the idea.

Tommy Neal, a longtime resident, believes local leaders have neglected what he calls "the hood." He supports the idea too.

"When it co

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