Aunt Rhonda lands another win for Syracuse: a pharmacy in a health desert (Syracuse.com)
Jeremy Boyer | JBoyer@syracuse.comMarch 22, 2026 Rhonda Vesey was getting repeated phone calls a few months ago from an unfamiliar number that she didn’t answer, figuring it was spam. But the caller was persistent, so she finally decided to pick up. On the line was a representative of one of the biggest healthcare companies in…
Meet ‘Aunt Rhonda,’ whose years of persistence will bring a store to a Syracuse food desert (Syracuse.com)
By Jeremy Boyer | JBoyer@syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. — Government help and cheap rent were not enough to convince A.K. Kaid to open a grocery store in Syracuse’s Valley neighborhood. Instead, the Buffalo entrepreneur’s decision to invest in an impoverished area shunned by corporate supermarket chains came down to one person: Rhonda Vesey. Read the complete article at Syracuse.com
The woman bringing Syracuse Southside a fresh market (WSYR)
by: Christina Galvin fter her mother’s death, Rhonda Vesey said she was looking for some sunshine. Going through a bout of depression, she says her life changed when she saw a need on Syracuse’s Southside: food accessibility. “I know good and well there is no fresh food, other things in ‘Dollar General, ’ but no…
- Aunt Rhonda lands another win for Syracuse: a pharmacy in a health desert (Syracuse.com)
- Meet ‘Aunt Rhonda,’ whose years of persistence will bring a store to a Syracuse food desert (Syracuse.com)
- The woman bringing Syracuse Southside a fresh market (WSYR)
- Winter Market Produces More than Just Produce: Food Access Healthy Neighborhoods Now (Giving Voice)
- Winter market helps address food desert in Syracuse’s Southside (Spectrum News)
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