Help Us Turn a Community Treasure Into a Community Home!

For generations, Bartram & Son Grocery Store was more than a place to buy groceries.

It was familiar. It was local. It was part of the rhythm of our community; a place where neighbors crossed paths, conversations happened in the aisles and generations of families walked through the same doors.

And now, those doors have an opportunity to open again.

Third & Center has the opportunity to purchase the former Bartram & Son Grocery Store with a bold vision for its next chapter:

To transform this beloved community landmark into a Community Center built for YOU.

A place where children can create.

Where seniors can gather.

Where neighbors can learn something new.

Where artists can make and share their work.

Where community organizations can collaborate.

Where workshops, classes, celebrations, resources, service projects and conversations can happen under one roof.

A place where everyone has a seat at the table.

We have the building. Now we need our community to help us bring it back to life.

Our goal is to raise $100,000 through the people, families, businesses, organizations and friends who believe in what is possible here.

This isn’t simply a fundraiser for bricks and walls.

It is an invitation to build something together.

Every $5, $10, $25, $100, $500 or $1,000 gift becomes part of this story. Every dollar counts - Community has never been about one person doing everything. It’s about a whole lot of people deciding that something matters and doing what they can.

Imagine walking through these doors a year from now and knowing… You helped make this happen.

Imagine telling your children that their art class, community garden workshop or favorite program happens inside a space their community cultivated together.

Imagine seeing seniors laughing around a table - sharing a nutritious meal, children making art, neighbors learning new skills, volunteers planning their next project and organizations working side by side and knowing that a building that once served this community is serving it again in an entirely new way.

This is your Community Center.

Not ours.

Yours.

We want this project to reflect the people who live here and want the people who live here to be part of building it from the very beginning.

Our goal is big: $100,000

We’ve seen what happens when this community believes in something.

So we’re asking you to be part of it.

Give what you can. Share this campaign. Tell someone why this place matters. Invite a business to join us. Help us open these doors again.

Because Bartram & Son’s was once a place that brought our community together.

Together, we can make it one again.

$100,000. One community. A place for all of us.

Be part of the story. Be part of the transformation. Be part of what comes next.

No gift is too small to help build a place where everyone belongs.

Let’s bring Bartram’s back to life, together.