Wilmington’s Willowdale Farm set to close after losing lease

A beloved community farm is closing down, six years after it got started.

The Willowdale Farm was a community garden operated by Community Enrichment Initiatives (CEII) at 301 N. 30th St., property owned by Wilmington First Pentecostal Holiness Church. CEII thanked the church for providing the initial site in a press release; the church did not respond to a request for comment before press time.

“We will continue combating food insecurity and are enthusiastic to plant our spring crops in another large community garden in the city,” CEII said in a press release…

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