South Side

After years of planning, Harvest Market will receive $1.7 million from a state grant to open in Peoria’s South Side.

Peoria’s South Side neighborhood has been a food desert for more than six years after Kroger closed its store in the Madison Park Shopping Centre. After some delays, pastor Chuck Brown is still working to open a grocery store.

The agency will use a $500,000 Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant from the U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development for a plan that will include building new, mixed-income housing in the area.

Plans are starting to take shape for future development of the former Harrison and McKinley school sites on Peoria’s south side. But they’re apparently not yet ready for the public.

A grand opening ceremony Wednesday afternoon touted the Busey Bank Bridge, a community space intended to improve the area’s financial literacy and access to economic opportunities.

After the Kroger located on Harmon Highway in Peoria closed its doors in 2018, South Peoria has been a known food desert struggling with food insecurity, especially the 61605, 61604, and 61603 zip codes.

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