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| Lake City Fred Meyer closed Photo courtesy North Helpline |
This weekend, the Lake City Fred Meyer, our neighborhood’s primary grocery store, officially closed after decades of serving the community.
The closure comes at a critical time, with recent SNAP cuts already driving a surge in food bank visits.
Beyond the loss of affordable groceries, the loss of parking will significantly impact neighbors accessing services, as well as our staff and volunteers.
On distribution days, North Helpline serves an average of 300 households within just a few hours.
Without access to the Fred Meyer parking lot, hundreds of families will be forced to circle nearby residential streets, causing congestion and creating safety risks for drivers and pedestrians.
To fill this gap, North Helpline is actively seeking alternative parking options near our Lake City facility.
To fill this gap, North Helpline is actively seeking alternative parking options near our Lake City facility.
If you have any leads, please contact us. To learn more about the impact of the Fred Meyer closure, listen to a recent KUOW interview with our Food Access Director, Louren Reed:
--North Helpline
--North Helpline
It's ironic: the concentration of homeless services in the Lake City neighborhood, with it's attendant baggage, is one of the factors that contributed to Fred Meyer's closure.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we replace with a.... parking lot?! Simples.
ReplyDeleteCity needs to deal with the homeless. Why get harassed going to the store.
ReplyDeleteThe people of Seattle are so confused that they protested Trump instead of protesting the Mayor of Seattle and the city council for not keeping the jails filled. There is no hope for Seattle. I predict that the rest of the Fred Meyer and QFC stores in the area will close within a year or two.
ReplyDeleteAnd trump is gonna get blamed😂
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