Gentrification comes with a princely price tag. But, of course, where one may see obstacles, another views opportunity. The Stadium Grocery sits at Hank Aaron Boulevard and Ormond Avenue. A two-block long, fenced vacant lot separates it from the Braves players' entrance to Turner Field. None ever find their way here, but the owner doesn't mind.
Business is good anyway.
Talley Jarra, a native of Gambia, West Africa, brought the store four years ago, and new apartment dwellings have sprouted nearby. Even without the Braves, I do good. From his apartment, the Ralph McGill school student can see the Turner Field lights and hear the crowds. His feet have never touched Turner Field' s ground. Don't know why, he shrugs.