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(St. Louis Public Radio) It was a much different scene than 11 months ago at 9420 W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson.
The parking lot of the former QuikTrip was ground zero for protests in the days following Michael Brown’s death on August 9. The burned-out shell of the store and graffiti was a reminder of the looting and violence that descended on the street.
The gas station is gone, along with the chain-link fence that surrounded it for months.
On Thursday, a crowd was seated under a big white tent on the former parking lot to hear from the president of the National Urban League, corporate leaders and a preschool chorus. The message at the groundbreaking of the new Urban League Community Empowerment Center of Ferguson was one of renewal.
"We will make sure that people in this entire region, the nation and throughout the world know that St. Louis is moving in the right direction," said Mike McMillan, executive director of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis.
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