Cultivate Hope Corner Store brings healthy food at affordable price to Time Check neighborhood

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The Cedar Rapids centered non-profit Matthew 25 held a grand opening for its new Cultivate Hope Corner Keep on Wednesday.

Situated at 604 Ellis Blvd. in Cedar Rapids on the corner of Ellis Blvd. and E Ave, the non-gain grocery store is bringing very affordable, wholesome and contemporary foods to a community formerly marked as a foods desert by the USDA. The Cultivate Hope Corner Retail store will offer you a effortless, walkable area for neighbors to shop, and also to collect.

The flood of 2008 harmed many homes and buildings in the Time Check community, and Matthew 25 has labored in the local community for much more than a 10 years to restore hope and access to nutritious food items.

The shop is in the Hosmer creating, which is a lot more than 100 several years aged, and previously served as a grocery shop from 1933-1967. Now, folks in the Time Test neighborhood can halt by for grocery fundamentals like bread, milk and cheese, clean produce, or even decide on up an presently well prepared meal for as small as $4.

Part of the mission of the Cultivate Hope Corner Retail store is to supply understanding on how to function with the contemporary meals it offers. A modest seating place in the retail store will be used for instructional workshops masking a range of matters, like preparation and storage of contemporary meals. Courses will be led by Matthew 25 employees, representatives from Iowa State University and other neighborhood associates.

The store’s standard hrs are 8 am-8 pm, Monday-Saturday.

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