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“We’ve applied for our beer and wine license,

and the condos are a go.”

project like this. This is what we want to do.” occupied is a 1,500-square-foot two-bedroom unit.
There is another two-bedroom apartment of about the
Laurie said Camden’s downtown area is “right there same size, and two one-bedroom apartments -- one 700
on the edge. These old buildings are going up for sale square feet, the other 650 square feet.
and people need to come in and renovate them instead
of letting them stand vacant … this building is iconic Laurie said contractors worked from the third floor
and when the work is done it’s going to be gorgeous.” down and have been focusing on the “unglamorous, but
necessary stuff” such as the building’s electrical work.
“The wine bar will have a lot of historical
characteristics,” Westley added. “We’ll have old glass “We’re finishing the condos and getting ready for
and lighting, similar to what would have been in the the ‘fun’ stuff,” to which she meant choosing colors,
bank back in the day. The flooring will be mosaic tile, appliances and countertop finishes.
which was there originally, but had been covered up.”
The Parks are also opening up all the windows that
During a recent interview, Laurie said she and her had been boarded up, or bricked or stuccoed over.
husband hope to open Broad & Vine very soon and make
the apartments available to rent. The apartments, or Meanwhile, the Parks’ other purchase -- the former
condos as she referred to them several times, are being First National Bank building a few doors up the street
called the Lofts on Broad. -- is “coming along,” Laurie said.

“Everything’s going great. Construction never really “We’re doing that work gradually,” she said, “and are
slowed down,” she said of the effects of the COVID-19 really waiting until after Broad & Vine. We’re looking
novel coronavirus on the economy and the project. at some time in 2021. We’re thinking there’s going to
“We’ve applied for our beer and wine license, and the be a huge outdoor dining area, and we are very excited
condos are a go.” to be able to do all this in our great town.”

There are four apartments, one of which Silver

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