Farmers Market a ‘natural progression’ for campus

By Joanie Morris Kannapolis Citizen By the time the bell at First Baptist Church had tolled the hour, the new Farmers Market in Cannon Village, a partnership between the Piedmont Farmers Market, N.C. State University and the N.C. Research Campus, had about 15 vendors set up and 35 or so visitors. Soon, a packed house was on hand to buy produce, plants and flowers at the market, located between Transit Damaged Freight and the Perfect Choice on West Avenue. “This is just such a natural progression... 

Web editor: Not enough people know about NCRC

By Emily Ford Kannapolis Citizen Not enough people know about the N.C. Research Campus, according to the editor of a Web site that covers the biotechnology industry in North Carolina. “I don’t think what’s happening here is explained across the state,” said Rick Smith, editor of WRAL Local Tech Wire. “This is something we may never see again develop from the ground floor.” The Research Campus and Smith’s Web site hosted an event Thursday night in Kannapolis. About 100 people in business... 

Farmer’s Market opens Thursday

By Emily Ford Kannapolis Citizen While scientists at the N.C. Research Campus study fruits and vegetables, people can buy fresh produce at the campus starting next week. The new Campus Farmers Market will open at 4 p.m. Thursday, featuring locally grown fruits and veggies, as well as canned and baked goods. Kannapolis should make this “the summer we commit to a healthier lifestyle and support the farmers of our region,” said Phyllis Beaver, marketing director for the Research Campus. The farmers... 

Money woes won’t affect NCRC

By Emily Ford Kannapolis Citizen Reported financial problems at Dole Food Co. Inc. won’t affect the N.C. Research Campus, a top official said. “I can’t imagine anything derailing Mr. Murdock from completing his vision for the North Carolina Research Campus,” said Lynne Scott Safrit, president of campus developer Castle & Cooke North Carolina. “That project is first and foremost for him.” David H. Murdock owns Dole Food, real estate giant Castle & Cooke and the N.C. Research... 

State alumni can buy a piece of the NCRC

By Emily Ford Kannapolis Citizen Wolfpack alumni and fans can buy a piece of N.C. State University’s new institute at the N.C. Research Campus. For $100, people can purchase an inscribed brick that will pave the front porch at the N.C. State Fruit & Vegetable Science Institute. The four-story building, which N.C. State will share with Dole Food Co., is under construction and should open this summer. N.C. State’s Pathway to Excellence brick campaign is similar to one under way by the University... 

Intimidators hosting Fieldcrest Cannon reunion night

By Emily Ford Kannapolis Citizen This family reunion could fill a baseball stadium. And it just might. The Kannapolis Intimidators and the city of Kannapolis will sponsor the first Fieldcrest Cannon Reunion Night at the baseball stadium for former employees of the textile giant. “We honor and respect the past,” said Eddie Smith, assistant city manager. “It’s important to us to remember those who are still here and who worked hard in the mills and how they contributed to the community.” The... 

Cabarrus Arms shootout — Police sorting out incident that left one wounded

Kannapolis police are trying to sort out a shootout last Thursday involving a number of people and several weapons. Police have arrested two people — Gary Spencer, 24, of 850 Anchor Way, and Durand Stanback, 23, of 1530 Kingston Drive — and obtained a warrant for a third person — Demarcus Eugene Smith. “We’re still trying to determine if it was gang related,” Lt. Ken Jackson said this week. “There were lots of shots fired and more than one weapon involved.” One person was shot in... 

Research Campus among first to get cutting-edge microscopes

By Emily Ford Kannapolis Citizen Cutting-edge microscopes coming soon to the N.C. Research Campus are so exciting that Dr. Mihai Niculescu can’t stop thinking about them. Even when he sleeps. “When I found out they were purchased, I started dreaming about science at night,” said Niculescu, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Scientists and Research Campus executives last Tuesday announced a multi-million-dollar deal with Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc., which... 

Making believers out of doubters in Kannapolis with buildings, announcements

By Emily Ford Kannapolis Citizen When he first learned of David Murdock’s intention to establish a world-class research campus in Kannapolis, Dr. Fred Eshelman admits he was incredulous. Murdock couldn’t create a science economy in an area with no history in pharmacology or biotechnology, said Eshelman, founder of Pharmaceutical Product Development. And Murdock certainly couldn’t convince rivals like Duke University, N.C. State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill... 

Research Station bears fruit for Research Campus

By Frank DeLoache Kannapolis Citizen David Murdock and a host of university scientists picked a good time to come to Kannapolis to study fruits and vegetables. Years of research and experimentation at the N.C. Piedmont Research Station on Sherrills Ford Road appear ready to bear fruit — hardy new generations of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries that flourish in Carolina red clay. The Research Station’s work will prove helpful not only to scientists at the N.C. Research Campus... 

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