As the CVS corporation gears up for the closure of its Pennsylvania Avenue SE location, several Ward 7 residents are in the throes of a campaign to preserve what they describe as a critical resource for residents of all ages.
Deborah Johnson, a longtime resident of the Twining community, told The Informer that, without a CVS branch nearby, she and her neighbors would be forced to travel as far as Marion Barry Avenue SE to pick up and refill their prescriptions.
“It’s nowhere to park over there, and it’s not conducive to traveling,” said Johnson, a member of the Twining Community Group. “If you have to leave this area and go up to Good Hope Road [Marion Barry Avenue], you have to catch about three buses if you don’t have a car, and that’s totally unacceptable.”…