Local woman opens grocery market in Newport News to address food insecurity

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A local woman opened a grocery store called Semi-It Market to bring much-needed relief to a community that has become a food desert.

Inside of Semi-It Market you’ll find Cindy Rosa, a local real estate agent who saw a need in her community.

“I wanted a piece of fruit one day, and that’s really how it started. I went to go look for some and I couldn’t find any. I was like, ‘Wait, what’s going on?’ And I found out this was a food desert,” said Rosa, the CEO and founder of Semi-It Market…

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