New coffee shop named for Fletcher Place founder

Local
investors have opened a new coffee shop in Fletcher Place they plan to turn into a not-for-profit to raise money for local
charities. The shop at 615 Virginia Ave. is called Calvin Fletcher’s Coffee Company in honor of the neighborhood’s namesake.
Fletcher, one of the city’s first lawyers and founder of what would become American Fletcher National Bank, owned much of
the land in the area in the 1820s. Coffee shop owner Doug Litsey said he has applied for 501(c)3 status and already is operating
the business, which opened Oct. 17, as a charity. The shop features organic, fair-trade coffee and free wifi. Tips this month
are going to Second Helpings.