food deserts

South Bend Common Council Member Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers has called a public meeting Aug. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the MLK Dream Center to hear from west side businesses and residents hurt by the Western Avenue Kroger store's July 22 closure.

As a first-grader growing up on Indianapolis’ College Avenue in Meridian-Kessler, a trip to the local Double 8 Foods was a good day. The piles of produce,…