Check out Southeast Fort Wayne’s new Utopian Community Grocery store (and restaurant)

The Input Street Team tours a new neighborhood-led grocery store in Southeast Fort Wayne turning a food desert into a food oasis.

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May 19, 2021
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Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Utopian Community Grocery store is located at 608 Oxford St.
Sierah Barnhart – Utopian Community Grocery store is located at 608 Oxford St.
Sierah Barnhart – Utopian Community Grocery store is located at 608 Oxford St.
Sierah Barnhart – Utopian Community Grocery store is located at 608 Oxford St.
Sierah Barnhart – The youngest and oldest members of Ty Simmons’s family were given the honor of cutting the sparking gold ribbon.
Sierah Barnhart – The youngest and oldest members of Ty Simmons’s family were given the honor of cutting the sparking gold ribbon.
Sierah Barnhart – The youngest and oldest members of Ty Simmons’s family were given the honor of cutting the sparking gold ribbon.
Sierah Barnhart – The youngest and oldest members of Ty Simmons’s family were given the honor of cutting the sparking gold ribbon.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Utopian Community Grocery store sells fresh produce in a food desert.
Sierah Barnhart – Utopian Community Grocery store sells fresh produce in a food desert.
Sierah Barnhart – Products at Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Supporters at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – In addition to monthly CSA subscriptions, memberships can be purchased for as low as a month or per year.
Sierah Barnhart – Ty Simmons, left, and Kristin Giant, right, at the Grand Opening of Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – Along with a local market, Utopian Community Grocery houses a new local eatery.
Sierah Barnhart – The restaurant menu at Utopian Community Grocery store.
Sierah Barnhart – The restaurant menu at Utopian Community Grocery store.

The Input Street Team tours a new neighborhood-led grocery store in Southeast Fort Wayne turning a food desert into a food oasis.

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Sierah Barnhart

Sierah Barnhart is a photographer and public servant in Fort Wayne and a member of the Input Street Team. Learn more here.

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