{"id":3396,"date":"2013-04-02T19:23:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T02:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2013-04-02T19:23:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T02:23:59","slug":"finally-eastbridge-nabs-all-natural-grocer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3396","title":{"rendered":"Finally: Eastbridge Nabs All Natural Grocer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>After years of broken promises<\/a> from Forest City, and after lots of hard work by SUN and the MCA, Eastbridge is finally getting an all-natural grocer. \u201cWe are so pleased with the community and the hard work of several individuals,\u201d said SUN President Mike Victoria. \u201cThis is the commutation of the efforts of so many people, lots of resources, and of course, lots of money. It is not a Whole Foods, or even a Whole Foods Express<\/a>, but Mike\u2019s Market is going to be just what we need to jump start the rest of the town center.\u201d\nMike\u2019s Market will be \u201cconstructed\u201d in the vast vacant area west of the car wash. \u201cIt may take up to three days for the market to be finished,\u201d said Victoria. \u201cA lot of that is drive time, as Mike is heading here from Texas, and then he needs to get his Denver vendor license, etc. Nonetheless, after he is in, we expect the increased traffic to generate interest from a liquor store, and possibly a caf\u00e9.\u201d\nEastbridge resident Kyle Closson shares Victoria\u2019s excitement. \u201cThis is huge news to those of us who moved to this particular area of Eastbridge based on the promise of a town center,\u201d said Closson. \u201cThe fact that it is going to be an all-natural grocer will finally make Eastbridge residents the top of the community instead of always being laughed at. Words hurt, you know.\u201d Other residents agree. \u201cPretty soon we will be able to walk to get a cup of coffee and some fresh bananas,\u201d says Eastbridge resident Kristine Clark.\nSome Eastbridge residents are underwhelmed at what the millions of dollars and thousands of man hours that were invested into the project. \u201cI am sure Mike\u2019s Market is a great company, and will do great here in Stapleton,\u201d says resident Rob Carnewal. \u201cIt\u2019s just that many of us expected a little more for how long we have waited, and for how much was put into this. It just seems a little small, I think, and it might not make the impact some expect.\u201d\nNo matter what side Eastbridge residents are on, they all seem excited for the grocer to be in place in mid-April. \u201cSpring is alive, spring is alive,\u201d said excited Eastbirdge resident Tracey Shelton. Who knows, the new grocer may even spring growth into the once abandoned town center.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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