Patti Wright and her son own Pop’s Market on East Grace Street and work to use community strength to drive equitable downtown development. Photo by Will Hogge. PATTI WRIGHT SMILES as she remembers: It was like yesterday. “People would line up for hours just for the chance the meet the ‘real’ Santa. He had an earpiece and Read more about SMALL BUSINESS SQUEEZE[…]
FROM THEIR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STANDS at the 17th Street Market in Shockoe Bottom, sisters Rosa Fleming, 79, and Evelyn Allen, 81, have watched and lived through the roller coaster existence of Richmond’s “Bottom” for 75 years. Their family has worked these stands as vendors for four generations—over half of the 279 years that the market has been in existence. Read more about Surviving the Flood[…]