Renovating instead of building anew restores Tops to Jefferson Avenue faster

Following the death of ten black people in the Tops mass shooting by a white supremacist on May 14, many residents of Buffalo's East-side community have mixed feelings about the grocery store's reopening. Some residents have called for another store to be opened in the area, which has been identified as a food desert. However, Tops Friendly Markets is determined to reopen its Jefferson Avenue location.