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Thomas Ouellette
On Thursday, hundreds of people attended the grand opening of Needler Fresh Market. It's in a building that used to be a major supermarket until the chain went bankrupt in 2017. Angela Proctor has lived in Anderson for decades. She says having a grocery store this close makes a trip to the store easy again.

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Angela Proctor
There's so many times I don't go to the store because I'm like, it's just too far away.

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Thomas Ouellette
Anderson economic development Director Greg Winkler says the redevelopment commission worked with needless for about three years to get the store up and running.

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Greg Winkler
It's a basic part of of a of a livable fabric, urban, fabric. So if you don't have a grocery store, you've got to find some way to get to a grocery store. It's it's absolutely critical, especially for this particular part of the community.

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Thomas Ouellette
Needler's, owned by Ohio based Fresh Encounter, originally bought 11 Indiana Marsh stores at a 2017 bankruptcy auction. The Anderson Marsh wasn't included in that purchase. It now shares the large building with Ace Hardware. Michael Bozman is Needler district manager. He says the store hired 95 people and almost all were Anderson locals. He's looking forward to further development in the western part of the city.

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Michael Bozman
There's a lot of houses and even new developments that are coming. I think it's going to be very great to, you know, for the community, the growth of the community and what it has to bring in the future.

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Thomas Ouellette
I'm Thomas Ouellette in Anderson.