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Sale of Skid Row Corner Store Hopes to Provide Some Community Healing

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Danny Park took over the Skid Row People’s Market in 2018 and combined the convenience store business model with grassroots community organizing. (Photo By: Megan Jamerson/KCRW)

Sale Of Skid Row Store Could Provide Healing Between Black-Korean Communities

A corner store in Los Angeles’ Skid Row neighborhood, that’s a crossroads of community life, is being sold. But instead of letting it get snatched up by the highest bidder, the Korean American family that runs the market has worked out a deal with a Black-led nonprofit. The move serves as a small step toward healing historic racial tensions in L.A.
Reporter: Megan Jamerson, KCRW 

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