Once a hub for West Side culture, ‘Lerma’s’ reopens as community center

​SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio night club spared from demolition reopened its doors Sunday as a new community center.

Once the heartbeat of conjunto music on the city’s West Side, Lerma’s Nite Club will preserve the musical traditions as the new cultural community center.

The building was set to be demolished in 2010, but community support sparked by the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center saved it.

The City of San Antonio and Bexar County each pitched in $500,000 to preserve the building’s historic and cultural significance.

Although the preservation of the building’s musical culture will remain important, the building will also contain a free digital library. ​