Rapheal Wright is on a mission. He is out at the front of the effort to address health and wealth in the city of Detroit. A city which has long been considered a food desert, and one where the number of grocery stores has been dwindling year over year. The availability of fresh, whole food options has been in constant question, and he’s here to try to answer the call. Wright is owner and found of Neighborhood Grocery, a forthcoming supermarket on the East Side of of Detroit, in a neighborhood where a grocery story of this ilk is one of the last things you’d expect to find.
Once known as the Manistee Market, the building that will house the Neighborhood Market has been under construction since 2020, fueled by an ongoing fundraising campaign and the pure ambition of
The most recent offering is a grocery box distribution to address food insecurity, waste and education in Detroit’s Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood. It contains an assortment of fresh produce and is expected to be delivered early December.
Rapheal Wright. In addition to the market, he manages their market garden, used to self-distribute certain products.
Wright is also one third of Taste the Diaspora, a food collective operating in Detroit, bringing fresh meals to residents across the city. And if that’s not enough, he is co-author of last years Make The Hood Healthy Again, a practical manual to achieving physical and mental health despite one’s surroundings.
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