UNAPOLOGETIC: Calling Out Stop & Shop, Big Y, and River Valley Coop
Unapologetic is a podcast created and hosted by Tanisha Arena.
Episode 11. July 28, 2020. Tanisha Arena on how 40,000 residents, mostly people of color, of Mason Square in Springfield do not have a full service market despite invitations from residents to both large and medium size stores, to open in the neighborhood.
A locally business that prides itself on progressive and community belief systems, the River Valley Coop market in Northampton, is opening a second market in Easthampton with just 16,000 residents, having a few years before declined to open a market in Mason Square.