End the Food Desert
Albertsons
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This closure disproportionately affected working people and people of color who walked to the store or took the bus. The Albertsons lease with Park Manor shopping center contained a "non-compete clause" that prohibits other grocers from locating in that shopping center until 2042.
To:
Albertsons
From:
[Your Name]
We call on Albertsons to abandon the “non-compete clause” and permit other grocers to move into the Park Manor shopping center so that Bellingham's Birchwood residents again have access to a wide selection of affordable and healthy foods.