Market inside old Lowell mill to close at end of January [Video]

THEY’RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON WHAT’S NEXT. MILL NUMBER FIVE. TUCKED INTO THE UPPER FLOORS OF AN OLD TEXTILE MILL IN THE HEART OF LOWELL, IS A MIX OF CLASSIC AMERICANA AND DIAGON ALLEY. FROM THE BOUTIQUES TO THE COFFEE HOUSE TO THE MOVIE THEATER. THIS HAS BECOME A COMMUNITY. BUT IN LATE NOVEMBER, THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE MILL ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCED THEY WERE CLOSING THIS DOWN. IT’S REALLY HARD BECAUSE I’VE SPENT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TEN YEARS BUILDING THIS CREATIVE PLAYGROUND. ASHLEY PIZZUTI AND HER HUSBAND OWN A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO HERE. SHE’S NOW PACKING THAT UP. BUT SHE SAYS THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT UPROOTING HER DREAM. JUST THE LOSS OF COMMUNITY HERE. I MEAN, SOME OF THE OTHER SHOPS WE’VE BEEN HERE, WE’VE WE’VE GROWN UP TOGETHER. AN ONLINE PETITION BY LOYAL CUSTOMERS HAS LOBBIED TO SAVE THE FOURTH FLOOR RETAIL SPACE. THEY KEPT THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF …