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On this episode of The Newsroom:
Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo, on challenges facing the city, including public transportation and affordable housing.
Cedric Harrison and Evan Folds, discussing the Northside Food Co-Op’s plans to build a cooperative grocery store in one of the region’s key food deserts.
shuttered after failing to continue communicating its purpose to the target market.
On Tuesday, Evan Folds kept its shortcomings in mind as he delivered free boxes of food to residents on Princess Street.
âThey didnât get their community connected to the project,â Folds said of The Renaissance. âThey didnât truly educate about . . . what a cooperative business is and get that buy-in.â
The failed project in Greensboro serves as a
lesson for his group â the Northside Food Cooperative, Inc. â as it strives to retry that model by bringing a cooperative grocer to Wilmingtonâs food desert.
Northside Food Co-Op organizers educate residents on how a cooperative grocery store could benefit the community at a holiday food pop-up. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands)
Northside Food Co-Op feeds hundreds at Holiday pop up event
Food co-op feeds hundreds in Northside neighborhood at pop-up event By Kendall McGee | December 21, 2020 at 5:50 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 7:46 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Northside Food Co-Op hosted a pop up Monday afternoon on Princess Street.
Leaders say they distributed 750 pounds of food: local produce like greens and sweet potatoes and 250 pounds of jambalaya from Chef Keith Rhodes of Catch.
Seven different nonprofit organizations came together to feed the neighborhood and share information on the plan to bring a community owned grocery store to the Northside of the city.
A Northside Food Co-op is being planned for the Northside of downtown Wilmington. It will host its first community event on Monday, Dec. 21. (Port City Daily/File)
WILMINGTON It’s a conversation that has been going on for quite a while now: When is an affordable grocery store coming downtown?
Local community members and organizations have banded together to bring the Northside Food Co-op one step closer to reality.
On Monday, Dec. 21, a pop-up lunch will be hosted by the Northside Food Co-op, along with organizations Feast Down East, Nourish NC, Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC, LINC Inc, Wilmington Compost Company, Willowdale Urban Farm and Catch Restaurant. Chef Keith Rhodes of Catch will serve homemade vegan jambalaya and bread for free.