Do dollar stores help, or hurt low-income neighborhoods?

11/06/2019 23 min
Do dollar stores help, or hurt low-income neighborhoods?

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Episode Synopsis

National dollar-store chains have proliferated in recent years, and so has controversy about whether the stores really benefit the neighborhoods where they are located. John Sherman Lathram III, vice-chairman of the North Linden Area Commission in Columbus, and Erica Thompson, assistant editor at Columbus Alive magazine, sit down with the Other Side to discuss the economic impact of dollar stores and how these stores affect nutrition in at-risk neighborhoods.

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