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Ald. Leslie Hairston (in blue) participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 11, 2019 for the grand opening of Local Market, a 62,000-square foot grocery store, now open at the Jeffery Plaza Shopping Center, 2101 E. 71st St. Photo credit: By Wendell Hutson

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NEW GROCERY STORE KICKS OFF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR SOUTH SHORE

The latest sign that economic development is on the horizon in South Shore came last week with the grand opening of Local Market, a full-service grocery store, which anchors the Jeffery Plaza Shopping Center. But there are other plans for the area beyond a new grocery store, something not seen in South Shore since Dominick’s closed its store in December 2013.