Instead of waiting for a grocery store to come to Chester, several residents formed the co-op in March 2006. As membership increased, they combined to raise $150,000 and had that figure matched through a grant from The Reinvestment Fund, a community investment group that finances neighborhood reinvestments.
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P.S. See, here's proof you can really start a business without badgering politicians, or obtaining funds from City government.
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