More neighborhood corner stores will add snacks – not nutrition

In Sunday’s Information & Observer and Charlotte Observer, Ned Barnett argued in favor of a zoning change to bring back the corner store as beneficial by Jonathan Melton and others on Raleigh’s Metropolis Council.

Being born in 1958 I bear in mind nook shops. There was one known as Zdarkos. In truth, the homeowners, Mr. and Mrs. Zdarko, lived throughout the road from us. They simply walked to work every single day. The shop was their enterprise and their livelihood. It was situated one block away on our city’s foremost road — indirectly within the neighborhood. In truth all the various “nook shops” have been situated on foremost streets. To outlive economically, they wanted on-street parking the place folks may cease and run in for a fast buy. They usually wanted to be on a road that offered sufficient site visitors to remain in enterprise.

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