BUTTE, Mont. \u2014 Plans for an independent grocery store in the often-neglected town of Walkerville are moving forward, but organizers are asking for the public\u2019s help to keep the ambitious proposal on progress.<\/p>\n
Two Walkerville entrepreneurs purchased a dilapidated building on North Main Street eight years ago, and have spent recent years stabilizing the structure, putting up a new roof, getting windows installed, and doing other grunt work. It\u2019s been primarily funded by grants, donations, and volunteer labor.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on framing, today we\u2019re working in the basement. Just kind of a slow, continuous slog towards reaching our goal of finishing the renovation of this building and opening the grocery store,\u201d said Clark Grant, Walkerville Grocery co-owner, who will oversee the deli.<\/p>\n
Now, it is time to fund plumbing, heating, and electrical work, which is why they are holding a fundraiser at the shop at 1613 North Main Street this Saturday at 4 p.m., where $20 gets you bread and soup, and there will be live music as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis front area here would be a small grocery store, with a couple center aisles that have household staples and non-perishable goods and drink coolers, beer, snickers, ice cream. That\u2019s my dream, ice cream,\u201d said Grant.<\/p>\n
When finished, the shop will also feature a caf\u00e9 serving coffee roasted on site, among other things.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to buy a dozen eggs or a loaf of bread in Walkerville, you have to drive about two miles to get to the nearest grocery store. So, I think the convenience factor will be really nice and also just a place for people to gather and meet and congregate, eat good food and hang out,\u201d said Walkerville Grocery co-owner Daniel Hogan.<\/p>\n
Those attending the fundraiser can bring their own beer, and there will be water on hand. The soup options will be borscht and a vegetarian lentil soup with a salad on top.<\/p>\n
If all goes according to plan, the hope is for the store to open sometime in early 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is going to be the first new business of its kind to come in Walkerville in a very long time. There used to be neighborhood grocery stores up here. It\u2019s just more convenient to have a store in your neighborhood. I think it\u2019ll also give people in Walkerville a place to convene, conduct commerce outside of a home. There\u2019s just not a lot of third spaces left in Walkerville \u2013 all the churches closed, all the schools closed, all the mines closed, all the grocery stores closed,\u201d said Grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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