Chattanooga News: No more fresh produce in East Chattanooga

Staff photo by Doug Strickland
Sherita Alexander exits the recently opened Scarbrough's Produce on East 3rd Street on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The produce store provides fresh produce and other grocery items to an area of Chattanooga which is labeled as a food desert. — Staff photo by Doug Strickland Sherita Alexander exits the recently opened Scarbrough's Produce on East 3rd Street on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The produce store provides fresh produce and other grocery items to an area of Chattanooga which is labeled as a food desert. Staff photo by Doug Strickland Sherita Alexander exits the recently opened Scarbrough's Produce on East 3rd Street on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The produce store provides fresh produce and other grocery items to an area of Chattanooga which is labeled as a food desert.

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