Nation’s First Nonprofit Grocery Begins to Take Shape in Chester, Pa.

Bill Clark, executive director of Philabundance, hosted local, state and federal legislators and members of the public at a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday morning at the future site of Fare and Square, the nation’s first nonprofit grocery store. Chester, Pa., has been without a grocery store since the West End Market closed in August 2001. The new venture will be located in the same space at Ninth St. and Trainer Ave.