Rise Community Market opened their doors to the City of Cairo Friday morning.
Cairo has officially removed the status of being a food desert.
Friday morning community stakeholders and state legislators held a ribbon cutting to open the doors to Rise Community Market.
CO-OP Board President Gabrielle Harris says the grocery Rise is the first for Cairo to move in the right direction.
“A co-op is about community. Community buy in so individuals from this community has an opportunity to play a part of something great. To have a grocery store or to be a grocery store. Dessert. This adds value to how people can move in the future.”
Cairo has spent the last seven years without a grocery store forcing residents to drive around 30 minutes to the closet store.
