An Aurora neighborhood has lost a vital business and is quickly becoming a “pharmacy desert.” There are a couple of big pharmacies and grocery stores within a four-mile radius of the intersection of East Mississippi Avenue and South Peoria Street, but this is a densely populated area, and neighbors say that just isn’t enough.
Standing outside of his neighborhood Safeway in Aurora, which will soon close permanently, a man named Lloyd says it’s going to be a big change for the neighborhood.
“I’ve shopped here for 35 years. It’s unfortunate. I’ve always liked this store,” he said.
That means he and his neighbors might have to drive further for groceries and to get their prescriptions filled, especially since the Walgreens, which was right across the street, closed back in February…