A proposed grocery store will not be coming to Little Rock’s South End neighborhood after the city’s Board of Directors voted against a rezoning request for a vacant lot on Marshall Street. Neighbors say the decision reflects what the community wanted all along.
To someone passing through the neighborhood, the lot may look abandoned. For South End residents, it is a reminder of the time they stood up for what they wanted, or in this case, what they did not want.
Kay Thomas, who lives in the South End neighborhood, says placing a grocery store in the middle of a residential area was a concern from the start…