West Charlotte already got $11 million for a grocery store. Four years later there's a catering kitchen.

04min | 09/02/2026

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In Thomasboro-Hoskins, just 3% of homes are within a half-mile of a full-service grocery store. Four years ago the Carolina Farm Trust set out to fix that — $1.5 million from the city, $6.7 million from the county, both COVID relief dollars. This July the nonprofit ceased most operations. What's there now is a renovated warehouse kitchen subleased to a caterer, and a GoFundMe with $4,000 in it against an $8 million gap. An audit goes to commissioners October 27th. Meanwhile the state is offering west Charlotte grocery stores as part of a $300 million package to win the I-77 toll lane vote — which is why today's story matters to a decision three weeks out. Plus: commissioners spend $3.2 million reopening Jail North with the main jail 400 people over capacity, and NCDOT still won't say what walking away from the toll lanes would cost.

CLT Daily is written, hosted and produced by Steve Bouboulis, an independent journalist covering the Queen City. Got a tip, a document, or a story the city isn't telling? Reach him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebouboulis/

CLT Daily — Charlotte's independent daily briefing. New episodes every morning. cltdaily.com

Sources this episode: WFAE, WBTV, Eventbrite

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In Thomasboro-Hoskins, just 3% of homes are within a half-mile of a full-service grocery store. Four years ago the Carolina Farm Trust set out to fix that — $1.5 million from the city, $6.7 million from the county, both COVID relief dollars. This July the nonprofit ceased most operations. What's there now is a renovated warehouse kitchen subleased to a caterer, and a GoFundMe with $4,000 in it against an $8 million gap. An audit goes to commissioners October 27th. Meanwhile the state is offering west Charlotte grocery stores as part of a $300 million package to win the I-77 toll lane vote — which is why today's story matters to a decision three weeks out. Plus: commissioners spend $3.2 million reopening Jail North with the main jail 400 people over capacity, and NCDOT still won't say what walking away from the toll lanes would cost.

CLT Daily is written, hosted and produced by Steve Bouboulis, an independent journalist covering the Queen City. Got a tip, a document, or a story the city isn't telling? Reach him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebouboulis/

CLT Daily — Charlotte's independent daily briefing. New episodes every morning. cltdaily.com

Sources this episode: WFAE, WBTV, Eventbrite

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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