A community group in west Louisville wants to purchase the Nia Center from the city’s bus company.

The small business hub has been at the center of a fight between tenants, the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) and Goodwill Kentucky, which wanted to turn the Nia Center into affordable housing. Goodwill’s plan to demolish and redevelop the Nia Center fell off after the nonprofit failed to get funding for its purchase.

Now, the West Louisville Dream Team is stepping in with their own offer. Like Goodwill, the Dream Team has submitted a letter of intent to TARC to purchase the property for $2.1 million.

Shaun Spencer, the founder of Dream Team and a Nia Center business tenant, said the Dream Team’s goal is to invest in the building and make it a community asset again.

“We see the Nia

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