I'm not exactly sure what happened. I moved away for a few years, I come back, and what happens? An entire building, parkinglot, and garden vanish completely with no trace of their existence. The Natural Foods Co-Op just off of University in Tempe may have succumbed to the saturation of the health food market, had a hard time adjusting to a new area, or simply had bad business practices, but not long after their move south, the store closed its doors for good.
Gentle Strength had been on the forefront of the ecological and organic health food movements. This was the only place in town one could take their recyclable items if their residence provided none. The store also had its own garden and allowed patrons to be part of the community by volunteering for store discount. Regretably, they did not survive, and neither did their legacy in the building they once inhabited so close to the University. Now where the city has such a large population of students and visitors, there's an empty lot, a hole in the fabric which adversley affects businesses nearby. When will developer's get it right, and stop making graveyard's out of our cities?
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