West Ocala community center opens where a charcoal plant once spewed soot over African American homesOcala celebrated the opening of a community center Tuesday on the site where a Royal Oak charcoal plant used to belch soot over the homes of African American residents.It has a gymnasium, a branch library, a gathering place for seniors, a banquet hall and meeting rooms.It's called the Mary Sue Rich Community Center at Reed Place in honor of a longtime former City Council member and Ruth Reed, a West Ocala resident who fought the charcoal plant.City Manager Peter Lee said Rich and Reed are examples of persistence in the pursuit of positive change."And later that year, in August, Mrs. Reed sat on top of a Yellow Cat excavator and knocked the first wall of that charcoal plant down.""