Checking out the Chestertown Remodel!

Photos courtesy of Will from B-More Retail on flickr

Location: 711 Washington Ave, Chestertown, MD

The Chestertown Acme held its Grand Reopening on March 13, 2015. The store was expanded and renovated from floor to ceiling. I had been hoping to make a visit  since the reopening but haven't made it down there yet. Will visited the store recently and is brining us our first look at the interior of the store. As you'll see it has the Quality Built decor package and the former pitched-roof ceiling has been replaced with a drop ceiling. This post features Will's photos along with some "before" photos from storewander's flickr collection. A more extensive post on the store's history will be coming in the future.


The pitched-roof store that started out in this location had been expanded previously to 25,000 square feet. The latest expansion had the store expanding into storefronts on both sides bringing the total square feet to 41,500.

CHESTERTOWN ACME BEFORE...

Storewander has a few photos dating back to 2009. The store had the Albertsons Marketplace decor and the pictured-rood still intact!

AERIAL VIEW

Aerial views are very limited for this area. Up close views are not available.


A Google map screen grab of the former Chestertown Acme located at 348 High Street. Opened November 16, 1950 and closed in March 1, 1967. I don't have confirmation on the exact opening date of the Washington Ave store but it most likely was March 2, 1967.

Grand Reopening of Chestertown Acme!

Congrats to the Chestertown @acmemarkets, the reopening was a success and the store looks fantastic. pic.twitter.com/tYn3t7Nb4F
— Dorian Mitchell (@Dorian_KentNews) March 13, 2015

Location: 711 Washington Ave, Chestertown, MD 

The Chestertown store held its grand reopening celebration on Friday, March 13th with little to no fanfare. I was aware the opening was due to happen soon and had been keeping an eye on Acme's Facebook page for an announcement. It never came. To this day, there isn't a peep about the opening on their Facebook page. (Acme has now posted an announcement on their Facebook page! It is included at the bottom of this post.)  In fact, there is hardly an article to find online about the event. Acme didn't even bother taking a picture of the store. The one you see above was tweeted by Dorian Mitchell. Acme retweeted it on their feed. The only official pictures are the ones seen below which don't show much of anything. We do get a look at Acme's new president although his head got cut off when I embedded the tweet in this post. 

President Dan Croce and Dist. Mgr. Rick Pratt kick off this celebration! #chestertownacme pic.twitter.com/aJHbse2lbo
— Acme Markets (@acmemarkets) March 13, 2015

I am planning a visit to this store soon for full coverage. For now we can see the store prior to the recent expansion and remodel down below.

Photos are courtesy of storewander's flickr collection 

The Chesterton store opened April 5, 1967 as a pitched-roof store. It has since been expanded and remodeled although the most recent renovation was its most extensive yet.

 

 
The floor seen in this photo indicates that a previous decor package was the Checkerboard Arches. Not a picture to be found online on what the store looks like inside now. I'll keep searching to see if any show up. Thanks to Shawn for sending in the info about the grand opening!

UPDATE! 

ACME Markets has left a comment on this post! The planned announcement on their Facebook page did not upload properly when it should have. It is there now and embedded below for your enjoyment. Be sure to scroll through all of the photos. We don't get much of a look at the store but there are some very nice display and product shots. You can get a glimpse of the new aisle markers in the picture of the exterior of the store. Thanks to ACME for the update!

Post by ACME Markets.