Although they didn’t meet as much during the stay at home time of COVID-19, the grocery store task force continues to work to actively bring a grocer back to the Hesston community. In fact, last week they met with a potential owner/operator for a grocery store in Hesston. Chamber of Commerce Director Megan Smith, who sits on the task force, said that the potential store owner is local to Kansas and is a pre-existing owner/operator considering the possibility of expanding to Hesston. “We had a very positive conversation, both, I believe, from our perspective and from their perspective,” Smith said. “We’re still in the very early stages of these conversations but I’m hopeful that we’re on the right path.”
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