Even if the entire State Center development project doesn’t move ahead as originally planned, some area residents say they would like to see one part of it, the historic Fifth Regiment Armory, be converted into a grocery store.

Residents gathered at Union Baptist Church in Upton today for a “community discussion” to show their support for construction of such a business inside the old building on Division Street near the intersection of Preston and Howard streets.

The meeting included representatives from the development team that has been working with the state, a group headed by Caroline Moore of Ekistics, and leaders of the State Center Neighborhood Alliance, a coalition of neighborhoods around the 28-acre State Center development parcel.

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