Wilkinsburg is recognized as a food desert, which means an area with limited access to fresh foods and vegetables. Wilkinsburg police and community leaders are taking steps to change that.
A wooden box stands at the corner of Wilkinsburg’s Laketon Road and Douglas Drive. Behind a purple door adorned with the expression “Explore your full potential” are shelves stocked with everything from nonperishables such as boxed macaroni and cheese, long-grain rice and canned corn to jars of baby food, socks