The destruction of the Safeway and Friendly’s in the Kings Contrivance Village Center continues. Kindly, they’ve left the facade up in the parking lot while destroying the interior and back walls of two facilities. Let’s hope they keep a steady pace and put in the new Harris Teeter as soon as possible.

The merchants in the Village Center need this project to be completed. Foot traffic and drive-by customer visits are down. A local farmer’s market is supposed to help a little. I went to it last week and there was just one vendor. Let me say she was extremely kind and the asparagus I bought was pretty much hands-down the best I’d ever had. But, she was only selling a few items. This is hardly going to be enough to draw business to the Village Center.

Please, do whatever you can to help out the merchants. Visit the Liquor store, which has an amazing staff. Grab a slice or a nice meal at Enrico’s. Have a morning bagel and coffee at the Bagel Bin. Grab a pint and a burger over at Michael’s Pub. Visit the CVS and Bank of America. Drop off your dry cleaning at the cleaners. There are other stores too, please help!

Below are two pictures that I took this afternoon, looking into what used to be the front entrance to Safeway. The first is looking to the right at the Safeway entrance. The second is looking to the left, ostensibly to the parking lot.