PADUCAH, Texas (KFDA) - A cafe in Paducah is working to bring life to downtown.

Mary Irons, general manager of the Crossroads Cafe, says the cafe opened in January of 2024.

“Our owner, Mark Hicks, he picked this location because he ame to Paducah and purchased several structures that were dilapidated on the tax roll,” said Irons.

She says Hicks has a real interest in buying buildings in little historical locations.

He began refurbishing and rebuilding buildings from the bricks of the original structures.

“A lot of these small towns, if they don’t have a way to network with each other or have some sort of benefactor that comes in, it’s really hard for the community to take these older structures and do something with them without someone coming in that has the means,” said Irons.

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