Common Ground members raise $250,000 for Urbana move

CHAMPAIGN – Common Ground Food Co-Op has raised $250,000 in loans from members to help support its upcoming move to Lincoln Square Village in Urbana.

The sum was raised in less than two months and will be used as leverage to get further financing to build out and stock shelves at the new location, according to a news release from the organization.

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