LaX store backers aim for Farmers fest

Exterior work to begin next month

Exterior work on the new grocery store at LaCrosse is expected to begin next week, according to Ed Casey, president of LaCrosse Community Pride.

“I know it’s felt like a slow-go with all the work being done inside,” said Casey. “But now people will start to see the real thing happening.”

LaCrosse has been without a store since Jerry Chastain closed the market in February 2009.

The goal of LaCrosse Community Pride is to have the new store up and running in time for the June Farmers’ Fest, the annual LaCrosse community celebration.

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