A longstanding Shelby County grocery store that caters to the area’s Hispanic community could be closed by Pelham city leaders next month.

The city of Pelham has set a public hearing to revoke the business license for Mi Pueblo, a supermarket that has been in Pelham for 20 years.

While both the city and the store confirm the hearing, details remain murky over why the business is in jeopardy. Neither the city nor Mi Pueblo is saying much about the reason for the Sept. 8 revocation hearing.

“The city has an obligation to its citizens to ensure that the laws and ordinances of the city and the state of Alabama are followed by all the city’s citizens, both individual and corporate,” Assistant City Manager Justin Smith said in a statement to AL.com . “When an entity in Pelham is not in comp

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