>>Lynchburg's First Black-Owned Grocery Building To Become Community Hub
(Lynchburg, VA) -- The first Black-owned grocery store in Lynchburg will be transformed into a community hub. Thomas Cage explains.Preview: Wrap Script:
The Calloway Store opened in the late 1800s and sits in the Pierce Street Historic District. The nonprofit group, Pierce Street Gateway, bought the old building and is working to transform it into a museum and community hub. Lauren Dianich tells WSET she works with Atelier 11 Architecture and they are donating their work for this project.Preview: To fully restore the historic grocery store is expected to take about a year. You can donate to the project at Pierce ST dot org slash donations.