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'A thriving grocery store means a thriving community'
By Brian Todd
btodd@postbulletin.com
EYOTA — A town without a grocery store is a town without one of its key assets.
That’s a fate the city of Eyota hopes to avoid. Monday night, Mayor Tyrel Clark and other city leaders hosted a townhall meeting to talk about the grocery store and some of the options available to save it.
“The importance of it is greater than just a grocery store,” Clark said, adding that Eyota Market, which has been in business since 2007, is a gathering place and a business that impacts so much more than just where residents buy their groceries. ...
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Brian covers Goodhue, Wabasha and Winona counties, and tells newsroom tales each Friday in his After Deadline column. He also covers agricultural issues for AgriNews. He is a 1997 graduate of Nebraska-Omaha.