New Southside Grocery Market

Monroe Southside residents have to be elated after hearing that the Monroe City Council approved the sale of land within city limits for the construction of a grocery market on Jackson Street. The sale of land located at 3901 Jackson Street will be a welcome addition to an area of the city that has hardly seen any economic development near them. District 5 councilwoman and president Kema Dawson said she is very excited about this project, as it will be in her district. It will be a new Dollar General Market that will have the same kind of groceries one finds at supermarkets and will also have...