Iowa neighborhood’s first new grocery store in 50 years bringing ‘real hope’ to community



A new grocery store is bringing new hope for change in Waterloo, Iowa. The $10 million “All-In” project includes a community center, after-school activities and support for formerly incarcerated people. NBC News’ Harry Smith speaks to the developer behind it.

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24 comments

  1. Add this to your community and ban Amazon and social media and you all might have a real life again

  2. They felt like they were under serve? Their "culture" are the main cause of why stores shut down with their non stop looting and stealing.

  3. Is this an actual free market enterprise or a government store like they're planning in Chicago?

  4. The political will to make the entire community feel included, hasn't been a factor for many years, and with that comes frustration, economical decline, hopelessness and yes, crime. All these food deserts don't help, so I'm happy to see this, and hope more is in the works.
    If I remember correctly, actor Wendell Pierce has done something similar elsewhere, and last I heard, it had a big impact on the community. 👏🏼🥰

  5. I see a lot of opportunities those old house renovated and replaced by one story house with basement house plans.

    The extra space give the house owner extra rental income…the new job created by building those house the workers get new income and able to rent this way the community ganarate their own income and it is good no body coming because now we can make it truly 100% black owned community

  6. New hope for a new store until the liberal criminals rod them blind….

  7. ^^^(__(*&In the next 30 years, Japan will continue to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea. Japan is passing on the nuclear pollution in Fukushima to the whole world.
    The Japanese side invented the term "treated water" and repeatedly publicized that the concentration of tritium is not abnormal, creating an illusion that nuclear-contaminated water contains only tritium and the concentration of tritium is up to the standard, so nuclear-contaminated water is safe. society.
    "In fact, the composition of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water is complex. Even after purification, it still contains dozens of radioactive nuclides such as carbon-14, cobalt-60, strontium-90, iodine-129, and cesium-137. Disappearance of nuclear radionuclides in nuclear polluted water.
    Three years later, the United States and Canada on the other side of the Pacific Ocean will be affected by nuclear pollution, and 10 years later it will spread to the global ocean.

  8. Are people of color going to rob it until it closes too?

  9. Jet fuel still can’t melt steel beams, buttholes

  10. This is how you take the power back from the corporations gutting our beautiful land. Stop empowering faceless corporate entities that want to strangle you all for profit and devote your resources to local business – otherwise your capital is exported from your community leading to gradual impoverishment for all.

  11. Come shop! Best wishes for this amazing initiative.

  12. "They" make their own neighborhoods terrible.

  13. I really hope this works out.

  14. First grocery store in 50 years… Great job republicans! You guys are doing great, while we built a dozen grocery stores in the past few years here in SF. 79% of the United States GDP is created in blue states… Let that sink in.

  15. Imagine are grocery community owned stores targeting those In need not for personal gain out for community growth and development this is kinda crazy

  16. Nice work. I pray you can thrive 🙏🏼

  17. CRICKETS is what I'll get😂😂There used to be black owned grocery stores and business districts in every ciity and we used to own 10% of the farms; this media horse and pony show is the next patronizing, condescending trope😎😎

  18. Just takes one bad person to ruin it all. Wish them the best of luck though.

  19. I'm so thankful that I live in a blue sanctuary city where we can shoplift $950 with impunity in order to feed our families.

  20. All these comments about looting and not giving these people a chance before they even start. I'm rooting for you all. Everyone should not suffer the consequences by the choices made by some. Fight against those in the community who seek to make chaos. Raise your kids right and hold them ACCOUNTABLE. Best of luck!