There goes the neighborhood: The FlyFisher Group said it wanted to help bring back Five Points. But Black-owned businesses say the company only wants to help itself.
, who happens to be the richest Black man in America, wanted to inject more capital into Five Points. Aside from buying up property, FlyFisher also started its own food and beverage company called Pure Hospitality, which has opened up different businesses in the neighborhood, such as brunch spot Mimosas., as the lead of operations for Pure Hospitality. The arrangement appeared amicable: two Black professionals working together to help preserve the history and dynamism of Five Points.
Burkett had made similar overtures to other Five Points businesses, asking for a stake in exchange for money, business owners say. One of them is, a tacos-and-tequila joint that counts Chuck Jones and LeJon Vivens among its co-owners; FlyFisher is the eatery's landlord. "Welton Street Cafe, they have been the biggest anchor tenant. They are the anchor tenant," says Vivens."We lost our anchor tenant as a community.", an advocacy organization, Woodson began renting space on Welton Street in late 2019 from FlyFisher that would house both her nonprofit and a for-profit business. Woodson had planned on turning part of the unit into a co-working space, and also running a marijuana delivery business out of the building.
Jones, one of the Agave Shore co-owners, calls Burkett"devious" and"conniving," and says he cares only about himself."He wanted to be our partner to receive all the credit but none of the liability," he notes. He doesn't believe Burkett is acting with Smith's blessing, Jones adds:"We don't think that Robert is pushing Matthew's buttons to do this.
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