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Effort underway to re-open Circle Food Store

New Orleans Peace Building & Economic Justice Project  

 Effort underway to re-open Circle Food Store

Fresh bell peppers, Eater candy and school uniforms are synonymous with the iconic and now shuttered Circle Food Store which sits at the corner of N. Claiborne and St. Bernard Avenues. For 87 years the Circle store has served as one stop shopping experience for the 7th Ward neighborhood.  It was also the only Black owned grocery in New Orleans.

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The New Orleans Peace & Economic Justice Project works closely with residents of the 7th Ward and the Desire /Florida neighborhood in the 9th Ward to fight for peaceful neighborhoods with economic security.

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