rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/sign-the-petition-to-save-our-fillmore-grocery-store-2?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-sign-the-petition-to-save-our-fillmore-grocery-store-2' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Kyle Smeallie https://actionnetwork.org/users/christopher-mika-tenderloin-resident-and-artist/profile https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg On January 4th, Safeway announced that they plan to close down the Safeway at 1335 Webster Street in March 2024. This is the only full-service grocery store in the Fillmore, and it has operated for over forty years at this site. To abruptly close in March with less than two months' notice is extremely harmful to the entire community that relies on this store. Safeway is not only a grocery store, but it also has a pharmacy and a bank. The services at this location were a purposeful post-redevelopment response to previous redlining and redevelopment policies that not only displaced residents and small businesses but prevented financing for grocery stores and banking services. Safeway has not held a single community meeting with Fillmore area residents regarding closure plans, mitigations, or planning for alternative grocery services in the event of closure. We know that any new development at 1335 Webster Street would not begin for years, raising questions about why the grocery store should not continue to operate for the benefit of the community until construction begins. If Safeway abruptly closes its doors, it will create a vacant, blighted lot in a part of San Francisco that desperately needs access to groceries, banking, medication, and other critical services. Please sign the petition to urge Safeway Incorporated to reverse its plans to close the Safeway on 1335 Webster Street in March 2024 and to work with the community to keep a grocery store open at this site. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-to-save-our-fillmore-grocery-store-2