Carmelita Wood shopped at Estes IGA grocery on Cherry Ave. every Saturday morning for years. The parking lot was always packed with Fifeville residents doing their shopping and catching up on the latest neighborhood news. People chatted while waiting in line at the hot dog stand. They bought desserts from the women who held bake sales in the parking lot.
“Some of those baked goods were very good,” said Wood, smiling wide as she recalled the memory. “Very good.”
When Estes closed in 2002, another market, Kim’s, moved in for a while. But it wasn’t the same, residents have said. The neighborhood lost one of its main gathering places. Some folks lost their jobs, and many lost convenient access to fresh, healthy and affordable food…