Luci’s to re-open after Richardson’s fire
Author:Date: October 29th, 2009
PRINT
Just when it seemed like everything was starting to click for Luci’s Healthy Marketplace in Phoenix’s Madison neighborhood, a destructive fire at Richardson’s next door buried the place in smoke, ash and water.
But Lucia Schnitzer is a survivor. She beat breast cancer and, during the healing process, came up with the market concept with her husband, Ken. When the fire struck, she told the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix that it was “a little hiccup in the road.”
Not surprisingly, she didn’t give up on the market after the July 17 fire, and now this much needed organic grocery/café is set to re-open next weekend. In a press release, Lucia says:
“We are very thankful for the courageous efforts of those firefighters that helped save our building…. We know that our re-opening will be a symbol of hope to many in these tough economic times.”
The market will celebrate it’s grand re-opening on Sunday, November 8, from noon to 4 p.m. It will offer music, food samplings, giveaways and more. Uniformed firefighters will get free house coffee, tea and a bagel for the following two weeks.