Whole Foods Faces Final Hurdle, And Yet Another Battle With Community
Compiled by Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
GOWANUS — Whole Foods, which is close to beginning construction on its new store at Third Street and Third Avenue in Gowanus — its first in Brooklyn — is facing another community battle.
According to Crain’s New York Business in a Feb. 12 online report, “a growing group of local artists, residents and manufacturers” is rallying to torpedo the plan, stating that the new store will hurt the Gowanus area’s burgeoning creative and manufacturing industries.