After an email campaign last week, Memphis Heritage thought CVS was reconsidering its proposal to demolish the Union Avenue Methodist Church to build a pharmacy.
CVS has an agreement with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to not demolish any buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, of which the church, locally across the street from an Ike’s, is one.
“Last Friday, we got the paperwork to verify it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. We thought we were heading into the clear,” says Memphis Heritage head June West. “Lately, CVS isn’t returning calls, and we haven’t seen any movement locally [to pull the demolition permit.]”
With that in mind, members of Memphis Heritage plan to attend the next Land Use Control Board meeting, tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the City Council chambers, to speak against the proposal.
