Dallas Church, Investors Snag Real Estate Award for Grocery Store in Food Desert

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Southpoint Community Market, a ministry of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Dallas, brings fresh food like meat and produce to people who might otherwise have to take a $5 or $6 bus ride to get it.

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“We began working with (local entrepreneurs) to develop a partnership where we could bring them on and bring their products into the store that would create job opportunities for those in the neighborhood,” Simmons told the journal. “It has been a good fit for us. We’re looking to expand and provide an avenue where we can help those entrepreneurs expand their business model.”

For the past 30 years, the Dallas Business Journal has honored through its Best Real Estate Awards the stakeholders and dealmakers of the most noteworthy real estate projects in Dallas-Fort Worth that were initiated, active or completed in 2021, the journal said in promoting the recognitions. The journal has honored more than 500 projects since the award’s inception.

This article originally appeared on BaptistPress.com.

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Diana Chandler
Diana Chandler is senior writer for Baptist Press.

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