Nonprofit opening community center in old Phoenix building [Video]

PHOENIX — On the southeast corner of Van Buren and 14th streets, the Arnold Pickle House has sat for about a century. The historical building will now house a local nonprofit that’s helped bolster Black businesses for years, with goals to continue and expand their mission. 

“This area that we’re in right now, East Lake Park, Black people weren’t allowed to buy property north of Van Buren,” said Ali Nervis, one of the founders of Archwood Exchange and the nonprofit ACRES. “Which is very significant for us to be doing the work that we’re doing here, as it creates a new beginning. It creates opportunity. But it also can’t be overstated, right, the injustice that we’ve suffered.”

Archwood Exchangeand the nonprofit ACRES have been a hub in …