When I first moved to town I lived on the 1100 block of East Fourth Street. (That was about 20 years ago!) Since then Whole Foods Co-op moved once from its Ninth Street location down to the junction of Chester Creek and Fourteenth Avenue East and then moved again to its current location about a mile west. I was a member early on.
One day, as I was headed to the Co-op, I became aware of the phenomenal development in this East Hillside neighborhood. Fourth Street seems to be the anchor, with a popular burrito restaurant, to antique and retro stores, apartments being renovated and new buildings going up. Positive things are happening; a vital, thriving neighborhood exists here. The neighborhood now boasts not only the Co-op, but within a few blocks, a newly renovated grocery store, a florist, a clothing consignment shop, (where my high school friends got their prom dresses!) a hardware/appliance store, a book dealer, two parks, the Sacred Heart Music Center, uniform apparel shop, banks, trails in Chester Creek, laundromats, several small restaurants, bakery, ski/bike shop, car repair shops, and of course a hospital. It’s a great little neighborhood that seems to be coming into its own!
Judy Gibbs
