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Lula building remodel combines history with hope for future
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Lewis Bell Jr., right, and Rufus Patrick of Preferred Renovations prepare drywall Friday morning in the upstairs apartment room inside a downtown Lula building currently under renovation. The downstairs of the unit offers a business location for a tenant.
The old red brick building at one corner of the historic Main Street in Lula is undergoing a rebirth more than 100 years after it was built, and after years of neglect and abuse. City resident Mark Lusink is developing the building into a store downstairs and a two-bedroom apartment upstairs. He’s using a lot of the original wood, brick and other hardware of the past to bring to life something new.