Arts Entrepreneur Breathes New Life Into Old Port Jervis Building

Published on February 21, 2024

Over the past five years or so, Anne Rogers has labored to turn an old building in downtown Port Jervis into a future creative house for up-and-coming artists. With the help of her custom motorcycle builder husband, Paul Cox, the old floors and ductwork were ripped, custom windows and doors were replaced, and a new staircase was built using wood from a closed business next to Mr. Cox’s former workshop in Brooklyn. After investing about $1 million of their own money in the old storefront, the couple looks forward to a planned soft opening for the ground-level space in spring. “It was truly a labor of love,” Ms. Rogers told The Epoch Times. “I want it to be a house of creation where future artists grow, and aspiring young people are exposed to all kinds of crafts....