Today, on the land that once held rocks and charred rubble resulting from pain and unrest, a new center opened for the Ferguson community. Nearly three years after the shooting death of Michael Brown and the high-profile protest movement it ignited, a new symbol of hope opened its doors in the north St. Louis suburb.
The Ferguson Community Empowerment Center(9420 West Florissant Avenue, Ferguson) sits on the land that held the QuikTrip torched by angry protesters in August 2014.…