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Dr. Kathy Kearney
addresses the
crowd during the
9/U Remembrance
Day Ceremony on
Tuesday,
Sept. 8.
9/11
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said. ?
"As you serve people, celebrate who they are, celebrate the fact that it is a chance foi
all of us to be in this community together."
Refreshments were served after the ceremony.
Pastor Angeline Sumpter, overseer and CEO of the Love Community Developmen
Corporation, said she couldn't have been happier with the event and the guest speakers
Sumpter also thanked the WSPD for all the work they do in the community.
"I would like to thank the Winston-Salem Police Department for everything they do,'
said Sumpter. "I have seen a major change in the city since I first came here in 2004."
Officers from the WSPD and members of the community were invited to attend the 9/11
Remembrance Day Ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
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Pastor Angeline Sumpter speaks during the 9/11 Remembrance Day Ceremony
on Tuesday, September 8. Sumpter is the overseer and CEO of the Love
Community Development Corporation.
After opening in October, vendors and customers dwindled
Market
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back twice, but that was it
for fresh produce in the
warmer months.
''It was a catch -22, the
people would say they
want the produce, we
would get the fanners in
there and the farmers were
sitting all day and it's not
like the community was
running over there buying
the produce," she said.
Fuiell-Salimia said the
low turnout of vendors
resulted in few customers.
When she got the call that
the market was closing in
late June, she didn't even
have to ask why.
She said with so many
vendors in the area already
having found profitable
markets and venues to set
up at, the Liberty market
had tough competition, but
it could still be a great ven
dor venue. If given the
right incentives, she said
she'd try the market again
if it reopens.
Artemus Peterson with
Team B A.M. (Becoming a
Man) works with youth at
Cleveland Avenue Homes,
located behind the Liberty
market. He said he was dis
appointed that produce
from the community gar
den in Cleveland Avenue
Homes didn't make it to the
market. He said there were
plans to teach gardening to
the youth there and have
them sell the produce at the
market.
"We were going to
teach them the garden
aspect of it, so they could
learn how they could earn
their own income," he said.
Peterson was disap
pointed that market didn't
deliver what it promised.
He also said the fence
around it felt uninviting
and put a barrier between it
and the people who were
supposed to use it.
Jim Shaw, former chair
man of the now defunct
Liberty Community
Development Corporation,
said when Ruben
Gonzalez, the city's now
retired development project
supervisor, approached him
with the idea for the mar
ket, he thought it was going
to be good for Liberty
Street. Shaw originally
believed Liberty CDC was
going to run the market
before Miller won a bid for
it, and said he'd gotten so
many calls from vendors at
the time, that he had to turn
them away. He said he was
unsure why it didn't work,
but Liberty Street is the
worse off for it.
"I wish it had stayed
open, it was a good thing
for the community," he
said.
Shaw has publicly said
that a city official asked
him if he was interested in
running the market now,
but he said he was no
longer interested in operat
ing it.
A voicemail left at
Mercedes-Empowers Inc.
was not returned before
press time.
Corrections
In the article "Winston-Salem Urban
League receives $1,778,090 grant to
employ older adults" published in the Aug.
13 issue of the Chronicle, the name on the
photo was incorrect. The photo was
of Patricia Sadler, the Urban League
SCSEP director.
The Chronicle apologies for this error.
The Editor
In the article. "Veteran receives over
due medals, but continues to fight for ben
efits" in the Aug. 27 edition of the
Chronicle, the first name of Bernard
Wallace's wife, Beverly, was incorrect.
The Chronicle apologizes for this error.
The Editor
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