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Updated: 3:22 PM EDT Mar 17, 2021 Melody Simmons Baltimore Business Journal A long-ignored food desert in west Baltimore will soon get a grocery store and an opportunity zone investment.Market Fresh Gourmet is set to open an 8,000-square-foot full-service grocery store on the street level of the Center\West apartment development at 101 N. Schroeder St.The Prince George s County-based grocery company is a Black-owned business whose mission is to open markets in underserved communities. The store recently attracted an opportunity zone investment from the private Arctaris Fund, some of it based in New England and Maryland.Dan Bythewood Jr., co-founder and president of La Cite Development LLC, the developer and owner of Center\West, said the grocery store was a boost of confidence for the fledgling project that has had fits and starts for two years. The opportunity zone investment by Arctaris is an added layer of gravitas.Read the full story from our par