Upon entry, customers will immediately find the pharmacy to their right and just to the left, a grocery section with fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat.
The option for fresh foods is one unique downtown feature, as this store will now be one of the only in the area for downtown residents to get their fresh food within walking distance.
Just past the grocery section are home goods with cleaning supplies, decor, and other odds and ends. The apparel section has necessities like socks and underwear and in the back of the store is even an electronic section.
“I just hope everybody will come by and visit. I think they’ll all find it very exciting,” said Stamm.
The final design for the Washington Street Park, known as “Hot Corner Mural Park,” was approved by commissioners on Tuesday.
The site for this park is on the corner of Washington and Lumpkin streets, and in its current form, is a parking lot approximately the size of a basketball court. When the project is complete, it will be a green celebration of the Hot Corner, the historically black business district in downtown Athens.
Facing the park will be the Costa Building, home to the Hot Corner Mural, “Hot Corner: An Athens Legacy.” This mural depicts Black community members, including Monroe “Pink” Morton, barber Homer Wilson, and several black musicians.