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REVIEW OCTOBER 13, 2021
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Living Word now operating Living Fresh Market
Megachurch owns Forest Park Plaza where grocery store is located By ANDY VIANO Editor
Living Word Church has entered the grocery business. Living Fresh Market’s now-former co-owner Ken Casaccio confirmed Monday that he and his partners have sold the eastern anchor store at Forest Park Plaza to its landlord, Living Word Christian Center, in a deal that closed Friday, Oct. 8. Melody Winston, the daughter of Living Word founder Rev. Bill Winston, was traveling but confirmed the transaction in an email. “Yes, the rumor is true,” Winston wrote. “Forest Park Plaza has a new grocery tenant run by new management. More details to come as this store is currently making its transition.” The store was open for business Monday with mostly full shelves and modest inconveniences, notably the inability to process electronic benefit transfer (EBT) transactions or sell alcohol. A sign on the front door said a still-processing liquor license was to blame for the store’s roped-off liquor section. Mayor Rory Hoskins said the church could rebrand the location in the coming months and that the nowowners have already applied for a liquor license in order to resume alcohol sales. Those licenses do not automatically transfer between owners. Self-described supermarket consultant Joseph Welsh said he has been brought in by church leaders to oversee the newly formed business. See FRESH MARKET on page 13
JILL WAGNER
LEGGY LEGACY: Keep in touch with those who are missing or have been lost through an imagining of the abduction of Persephone by Hades, Greek god of the underworld, in this Terrain Biennial public exhibition, “Persephone’s Souvenirs” at 540 Thomas, by artist Gina Lee Robbins. See stories, more photos, page 9.
Art to ‘keep in touch’ despite pandemic 7 open air exhibits across Forest Park By JILL WAGNER Contributing Reporter
Scarecrows are not the only thing popping up all over town. Terrain Exhibitions has been turning heads and raising curiosity in town, too. An architectural inflatable, celebrat-
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ing the human need for social connection creates a sensual landscape design on the 900 block of Marengo and a captivating woven shape peers over a fence on Thomas and Adams. The work is part of Terrain Biennial, an international public art festival from Oct. 2 to Nov. 15. The late Sabina
Ott founded the event from her porch in Oak Park to connect neighbors and collaborators and build community. Gina Lee Robbins said, “the work started in a front yard to bring public art to private spaces.” Robbins, whose work, “Persephone’s Souvenirs,” can See ART INSTALLATION on page 9
John Rice: A tale of two rings
Editorial: Prosperity and produce
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