Grocer 4 Good shares food, friendship and ideas (video)

Saulites from all walks of life got together on the corner of Gore and Albert streets on Thursday for a community barbecue put on by Grocer 4 Good. 

Hot dogs, hamburgers and fresh produce were being given out for free from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the corner of Gore and Albert streets. It was also a chance for people to share ideas on how to improve the area.

“People have this fear of coming to Gore Street, that it’s a bad place and people are doing drugs and there’s crime, but it’s a neighbourhood,” said Grocer 4 Good founder Lisa Vezeau-Allen an an interview with SooToday's Ken Armstrong. “Grandparents live here and brothers and sister and moms and dads. We have a ton of students in the area.”

She said it’s a myth that crime and drug use only happen downtown.