The market would be part of a retail development on the long-vacant site of the Rosen-Novak and Elway car dealerships, which is owned by the Rosen family.
The neighborhood is currently without a supermarket (the closest store could be Marczyk Fine Foods II, which opened a mile to the east this summer); developers estimate that a Sunflower Market there would create about a hundred new jobs, with an average payroll of over $2 million.
"While we have received a tremendous amount of support for our proposal to locate a Sunflower Market on Colfax Avenue between Garfield Street and Monroe Street, we also face some strong voices of dissent," writes Sean Mandel of Rosen Properties, the developer of the project. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve the livability of our neighborhood. This will not happen without your support."
Rosen Properties has set up a website with more info; today's meeting at 3 p.m. in the Wellington E. Webb building is open to the public.