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Hydroponic crop still hasn't bloomed $1.4 million and five years later


Though he had every right to toss out a smug “I told you so,” Councilman Robert Clark wasn’t biting.
Five years ago this summer when members of the Winston-Salem City Council voted to spend nearly $1 million in a risky hydroponics farm — they later threw another $500,000 on top of that — Clark was the lone voice to speak in opposition.
No one outside the fringiest, stingiest Scrooge-set could possibly oppose trying to alleviate childhood hunger, food deserts and providing job opportunities. But as a business proposition, dropping more than $1.4 million on such a venture didn’t — and doesn’t — make a whole lot of sense. ....

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Walt Unks, Journal 
A greenhouse, shown in December 2019, has been built at
Kimberley Park with the objective a starting a hydroponic tomato
operation. 
Though he had every right to toss out a smug “I told you so,” Councilman Robert Clark wasn’t biting.
Five years ago this summer when members of the Winston-Salem City Council voted to spend nearly $1 million in a risky hydroponics farm — they later threw another $500,000 on top of that — Clark was the lone voice to speak in opposition.
No one outside the fringiest, stingiest Scrooge-set could possibly oppose trying to alleviate childhood hunger, food deserts and providing job opportunities. But as a business proposition, dropping more than $1.4 million on such a venture didn’t — and doesn’t — make a whole lot of sense. ....

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Supporting Black-owned businesses during Black History Month


Body and Soul is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Author: Kandace Redd
Updated: 9:07 AM EST February 10, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. The coronavirus pandemic is hitting Black-owned businesses hard. According to data from the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor,” there were just over one million Black-owned businesses at the start of 2020.
By mid-April, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 forced 41-pecent of Black businesses to shut down. That totals about 440,000 enterprises. Statistics also show women-owned businesses dropped by 25 percent.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Body and Soul is still standing strong. It s a small Black-owned business on Trade Street in the heart of the Arts District in downtown Winston-Salem. Dana and Michael Suggs, wife and husband, founded Body and Soul in 2003. The cultural shop is four stores in one, including a book room, skincare and aromatherapy, art gallery, and bo ....

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