“We built this moment together. The community’s fingerprint is in throughout (the market),” Amaha Sellassie, president of the Gem City Market (GCM) board and co-executive director of Co-op Dayton, told the Dayton Daily News two weeks before the official grand opening of the co-op market. A sign of the co-op’s high profile: A few days before the opening, comedian Dave Chapelle, who lives 20 miles to the east in Yellow Springs, came by to offer his support.
The West Dayton neighborhood store is the first…
