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WEBVTT FALL. A COMMUNITY STARVING FOR HEALTHY FOOD.. IS VERY CLOSE TO GETTING IT. WYFF NEWS 4 'S MIKE MCCORMICK IS ON SPARTANBURG'S NORTHSIDE.. A HEALTHY FOOD HUB.. IN THE MAKING. "for so long, this train depot was home to the Hub City Farmers' Market, but that's all about the change in a matter of months. See that smoke stack over there. That is really the landmark in the area that'll be the market's new home and it won't be alone there. In fact it's part of a movement that'll really change the way people in that neighborhood eat." BY MOVING THIS DIRT.. THEY'RE MAKING ROOM.. FOR A SEED.. AND WHEN IT SPROUTS... IT'LL FEED A NEED.. 8:52 "I could not be prouder to be from Spartanburg and this wonderful initiative." CONGRESSMAN TREY GOWDY - WAS PART OF FRIDAY'S CELEBRATION - THAT MARKED THE OFFICIAL BEGINNING OF A HEALTHY FOOD HUB - ON SPARTANBURG'S NORTHSIDE.. AN AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRANSFORMATION. 27:35 "we'll have covered sheds for the farmers' market." THE HUB CITY FARMER'S MARKET.. THE NORTHSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.. AND THE BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. "I wake up in the middle of the night and I start coming up with ideas." THE MARKET'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.. SAYS THE SPACE.. HERE ON HOWARD STREET.. WILL GIVE THE MARKET ROOM TO GROW. THERE WILL ALSO BE A TRAINING KITCHEN.. Café.. AND STORE.. FOR THE BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION, WHICH HELPS THE UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED, OR FORMER INMATES.. BUILD A CAREER IN FOOD. 27:49 "this is the first thing that's gonna be completed." THERE WILL ALSO BE A FARM... WITH A GREENHOUSE.. AND GARDENS. 28:40 "we may, or may not, have chickens on this property." THERE'S ROOM FOR COMPOSTING.. AND BEHIND.. WHAT WILL LIKELY BE THE FARMERS' MARKET'S OFFICE.. THERE ARE NEWLY BUILT GARDENS. 34:20 "somebody mentioned, well what if somebody comes and takes some of the fruit or vegetables, well what could be better, as far as I'm concerned. Our mission is access to healthy food." THE HEALTHY FOOD HUB.. IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN MAY.. WHICH MEANS THE NORTHSIDE WILL NO LONGER BE A FOOD DESERT.. A TITLE.. GIVEN TO IT.. BY THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. MIKE MCCORMICK,

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