Heritage centre

Each week, we bring special guests with us behind the spires to introduce you to the people shaping life here in the city of Frederick.

After years of planning, fundraising, construction, finding the right site, the African American Resources Cultural and Heritage Society, better known as ARCH, is opening the doors to its center, its heritage center on East All Saints Street this month.

Yes.

October 17th.

That sounds exactly like kids would do.

Yeah.

Now, the Heritage Center has been on a long road from getting the space to breaking ground last year to opening this month.

What are some of the hardest moments and what kept the team going