>> I'M SHIRLEY MIN.

>> AND I'M REGINA MITCHELL.

MEET ENTREPRENEUR BEHIND HONEYGROW.

>> BILLINGTON'S EARLY BIKE PROJECT KEEPS BRINGING THE JOYS OF BICYCLING TO CITY RESIDENTS.

>> A LOOK AT THE COMPANY YOU CAN HIRE TO WRITE YOUR LIFE'S STORY.

>> THE NEWLY REDESIGNED RESTAURANT INSIDE THE HOTEL THE PINE.

>> YOU OUGHTA KNOW STARTS RIGHT NOW.

♪ >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I HAVE PUT ON THE COVID 15, EATING AND DRAGGING A LITTLE TOO MUCH WHILE WORKING FROM HOME.

>> I FEEL LIKE I PUT ON THAT SAME WEIGHT, BUT I BELIEVE OUR FIRST STORY OFFERS US HEALTHIER OPTIONS.

WHEN A PHILADELPHIA MAN WORKING IN FINANCE WANTED TO IMPROVE HIS DIET, HE DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD TURN INTO A CHAIN OF RESTAURANTS AND A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT TAKEOUT DINING.

♪ >> THIS IS 2009.

AT THE TIME, I HAD HEALTH ISSUES AND I REALIZED IT WAS STEMMING FROM FOOD.

>> AT 28, JUSTIN REALIZED HE NEEDED A LIFESTYLE CHANGE.

HE WAS OVERWEIGHT AND TIRED OF BEING TOO TIRED FOR EVERYTHING.

>> I STARTED MAKING A BUNCH OF SALADS FOR LUNCH AND THE STUFF I HAD LEFT OVER THAT I PREPPED WHEN I GOT HOME, I WOULD TOSS INTO SOME NOODLES AND A SAUCE AND THAT WAS MY DINNER.

THE COOL THING WAS THE FOOD IS GOOD.

>> IT WAS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.

AFTER TWO YEARS OF BUYING PRODUCE FROM FARMERS MARKETS AND EATING HIS HOMEMADE VEGAN DISHES, HE LOST WEIGHT AND REVERSED HIS NEGATIVE HEALTH ISSUES.

BUT THAT WAS NOT ALL.

HE THOUGHT, WHY NOT TURN THIS INTO A BUSINESS?

>> I HAD THIS IDEA.

HOW DO I GET IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE TO PITCH AND HOW DO I GET THEM TO INVEST?

I HAVE TO OPEN A RESTAURANT.

IT WAS CRAZY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

I DID NOT CARE, I'M DOING THIS.

>> MARRIED WITH ONE CHILD, HE PICKED UP A SECOND JOB JUST TO LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.

ONCE HE GOT THE CONCEPT TOGETHER, HE PITCHED THE IDEA TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE IN THE POSITION TO SAY THIS IS THE STUPIDEST IDEA I EVER HEARD.

EVENTUALLY, THE 94TH GUY THAT I PITCHED LIKED THE IDEA.

HE WAS LIKE, LET'S DO IT.

>> WITH THAT, HONEYGROW BEGAN.

THE NAME IS A COMBINATION OF PHRASES, HONEST EATING, AND GROWING LOCAL, WHICH IS WHAT HE STILL STRIVES TO DO.

WITH 26 LOCATIONS FROM BROOKLYN TO BOSTON, HE MAKES SURE EACH ESTABLISHMENT USES MOSTLY LOCALLY FARMED FOOD.

DESPITE TAKING A HARD HIT FROM THE PANDEMIC.

>> I BELIEVE HAPPINESS IS A MUSCLE, ESPECIALLY TODAY.

IT IS A HARD TIME AND FINDING THAT IS KEY AND FOOD IS ONE OF THOSE OUTLETS OF HAPPINESS AND YOU CAN BALANCE IT WITH BEING HAPPY AND TASTING GOOD IS IMPORTANT.

♪ >> 2020 WAS A BANNER YEAR FOR DELAWARE'S URBAN BIKE PROJECT.

THE NONPROFIT BIKE SHOP DONATED THOUSANDS OF BIKES LAST YEAR, BESTING ITS HIGH MARK OF 850 BIKES IN 2019.

NOW, AS THE WORLD SLOWLY BE OPENS, THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY BIKE SHOP IS COMMITTED TO PUTTING MORE BIKES ON WILMINGTON'S STREETS.

>> WELCOME TO URBAN BIKE PROJECT.

WE ARE A NONPROFIT BIKE SHOP AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE BICYCLING ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.

WE HAVE USED BIKES FOR SALE.

WE ALSO HAVE BIKES FOR FREE THAT WE GIVE TO ADULTS IN NEED OF TRANSPORTATION.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF YOUTH PROGRAMS, KIDS CAN EARN BIKES.

IN 2020, WE HAD 1400 BIKES DONATED AND WE WERE ABLE TO SELL OR GIVE AWAY 1100.

FOLKS ARE REALIZING, I'M AT HOME ALL DAY, I NEED A WAY TO GET MY KIDS OUTSIDE, SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, NOT DRIVE EACH OTHER CRAZY, BREATHE SOME FRESH AIR, AND FOLKS DISCOVER THIS OPPORTUNITY AS BICYCLING IS STRESS RELIEF, FITNESS.

WE HAD NEW RIDERS.

SO MANY HAVE SAID, I HAVE NOT RIDDEN IN 20 YEARS.

WE EXPECT CONTINUED INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO USE BICYCLES.

THEY COME TO UPGRADE A BICYCLE.

AND OF COURSE, SPREAD THE WORD.

THE FACT OF HAVING REACHED SO MANY PEOPLE IN 2020, WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO CREATE SOME RIPPLE EFFECTS WITH PEOPLE FINDING OUT ABOUT US.

♪ >> ALL OF THE BIKES THEY HAVE ALREADY DONATED AND THE BIKES THEY CAN'T USE, THEY SCRAPPED FOR PARTS, SO NOTHING GOES TO WASTE.

KIDS BIKES START AT FIVE DOLLARS AND THE AVERAGE ADULT BIKE SELLS FOR $75.

SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE THE URBAN BIKE PROJECT IS THE GOAL OF BILLINGTON MADE, A CAMPAIGN SUPPORTING DELAWARE'S LARGEST CITY AND PATRONS.

♪ >> ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TEXT YOUR RECEIPT TO 3023333078.

WE ARE GIVING AWAY GIFT CARDS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS.

IN MARCH, WE ARE GOING TO DO A GRAND PRIZE WHICH WILL BE A GIFT BASKET FULL OF GIFT CERTIFICATES TO LOCAL AREA BUSINESSES IN WILMINGTON.

WE ARE GOING TO RUN BILLINGTON MADE THROUGHOUT 2021.

WE ARE DOING THE RECEIPT CAMPAIGN THROUGH MARCH 31, THE LAST DAY TO SCENTED RECEIPTS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING OTHER FUN WAYS TO GET THE COMMUNITY SHOPPING LOCALLY.

>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL INSPIRED WHEN THEY WALK IN.

>> THE HOTEL'S GREENROOM UNDERGOES RENOVATIONS.

THAT STORY COMING UP LATER.

♪ >> KEEPING MEMORIES ALIVE THROUGH MEMOIR WRITING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE LIFE HAPPENINGS WITH FUTURE GENERATIONS.

ONE-MAN LONGING TO REMEMBER HIS GRANDFATHER'S ANTICS FOUND A GREATER GREAT WAY TO KEEP STORIES ALIVE BEFORE THEY FADE AWAY FOREVER.

>> MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN OLD-FASHIONED STORYTELLER BUT AFTER HE PASSED AWAY, THE STORIES HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND MANY OTHER THINGS FADED QUICKER THAN I EXPECTED AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO KEEP PEOPLE'S ALWAYS ALIVE.

WE HELP PEOPLE TURN THEIR LIFE'S STORY INTO A BOOK AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES THE NEXT GENERATION THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT WHERE THEY COME FROM FOR THE EYES OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO IS PAIRING PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT WRITER AND WE DO THAT BY LOOKING AT THEIR CULTURAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND BUT ALSO THEIR PERSONALITY AND LOCATION.

WE SENT PEOPLE A QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH HELPS THEM BRING BACK THEIR MEMORIES AND START THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN THEIR BOOK, THEN THEY GO INTO INTERVIEWS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHERE PEOPLE GET TO TELL ANYTHING THEY LIKE.

>> WE WILL DISCUSS YOUR LIFE AND START FROM THE BEGINNING AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH.

>> WE TEAR CARE OF EVERYTHING FROM PUTTING THE PHOTOS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND FORMATTING A BEAUTIFUL BOOK BACK AND HOPEFULLY LAST FOR CENTURIES.

A GHOSTWRITER MEANS YOU RIGHT IN THE VOICE OF THE PERSON YOU ARE WRITING FOR.

>> YOU ARE ALWAYS WORKING CLOSELY WITH SOMEONE, IT IS EMOTIONAL.

I LOVE THE PROCESS.

IT IS THEIR BOOK, IT BELONGS TO THEM.

GNU C IS SOMEONE I STARTED WORKING WITH, SHE HAS LIVED A FASCINATING LIFE.

SHE IS THE MOTHER WHO WAS SELLING THE HOTDOGS AT THE SPORTS GAMES, SHE WAS THE TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WAS A PERSON WHO WAS ALWAYS NOT IN THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT IN HER MEMOIR, YOU CAN SEE THAT HER LIFE IS SO RICH AND THE THINGS THAT SHE DID WERE QUITE AMAZING.

SHE WORKED AT ONE OF THE MAJOR CHILDREN'S WARES MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD RIGHT HERE IN PHILADELPHIA.

SHE IS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF A PERSON WHO LIVED WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL AN ORDINARY LIFE, BUT HER STORIES ARE FANTASTIC AND HER MEMOIR TURNED OUT BEAUTIFUL.

I JUST ASKED QUESTIONS AND I LISTENED AND I MADE A DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS AND I WRITE THE FIRST CHAPTER, THEN I BRING THAT BACK TO THE PERSON AND MAKE SURE THE STYLE IS RIGHT BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO BE IN THE VOICE OF THE PERSON, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IN THE BACKGROUND, WE ARE COLLECTING YOUR PICTURES AND DOING YOUR DESIGN WORK AND MAKING THE COVER AND PUTTING THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER FOR YOU AND IN THE END, YOU GET HARDCOVER COPIES OF YOUR BOOK.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROCESS.

>> MY WHOLE LIFE, FROM THE TIME I WAS FIVE, WE LIVE EVERYTHING.

SOME ARE HAPPY, SOME ARE SADDER.

IT WAS FUN.

>> THERE ARE TWO WORDS YOU ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR AND THAT IS THANK YOU.

YOU REALLY GOT ME, YOU REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY AND MADE IT INTO SOMETHING CONCRETE AND THAT IS REWARDING, THAT IS WHY I DO THIS.

>> OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE, EVERYONE CAPTURES THEIR LIFE STORIES SO YOU CAN BEAT ABOUT YOUR PARENTS UP WATCH FOR AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS.

>> THERE IS A COST FOR THE SERVICE.

NOW MAYBE THE TIME TO START SAVING UP FOR IT.

CHECK THEIR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE.

>> LATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE I AM EMPTYING MY TRASHCAN EVERY DAY.

IT GOT ME THINKING, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT THE PANDEMIC IS HAVING ON OUR TRASH AND RECYCLING.

I SPOKE TO PETE WITH THE SECOND-LARGEST TRASH COLLECTOR IN THE COUNTRY ABOUT THE TRENDS HE IS SEEING.

THEY COULD SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> THE REPUBLIC SERVICES COLLECTS SOLID WASTE FROM RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

>> WE OPERATE IN 43 STATES IN THE U.S., SO BUSINESS COAST-TO-COAST.

>> TELL ME WHAT INCREASES YOU HAVE SEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

>> EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC, INCREASES AS MUCH AS 30% AT HOME AND THAT HAS TRENDED BACK TO AROUND 8% ABOVE NORMAL.

WE HAVE SEEN DROP-OFFS IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, AS MUCH AS A 30% DROP OFF IN MARCH AND APRIL OF LAST YEAR AND SEEING THAT TREND TOWARDS STILL OFF 5% TO 6% YEAR-OVER-YEAR.

THE ACTIVITY OCCURRING AT THE OFFICE OR AT THE UNIVERSITIES OR THE SCHOOLS HAS SHIFTED TO ACTIVITY AT HOME.

>> AS FOR RECYCLING, HE SAYS THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN BECAUSE COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS LIKE SCHOOLS, OFFICES, AND BANKS ARE LARGELY CLOSED.

HOWEVER, HE SAYS REPUBLIC HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN ALUMINUM CANS.

>> OUR COMPANY IS UP ABOUT 14% YEAR-OVER-YEAR.

WE HAVE SEEN A 10% INCREASE IN CLASS AND A 7% INCREASE IN WATER BOTTLES.

THE RESTAURANTS, THE BARS, ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY BEING CURTAILED OR CLOSED AND MORE AT HOME CONSUMPTION OCCURRING.

♪ >> WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN CARDBOARD RECYCLING.

>> AT HOME, CERTAINLY.

A RESULT OF ALL THAT E-COMMERCE.

CARDBOARD IS DIFFERENT, GENERALLY IT IS SMALLER.

WE HAVE HAD TO GO BACK INTO SOME OF OUR RECYCLING FACILITIES AND CHANGE OUR EQUIPMENT, CHANGE OUR DESIGN TO CAPTURE THAT SMALLER CARDBOARD AND SMALLER BOXES.

>> PPE, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, THAT IS WINDING UP AND RECYCLE BINS AS WELL, IS THAT RIGHT?

>> WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK, WHETHER IT IS LATEX GLOVES OR DISPOSABLE MASKS OR GOWNS, IS ANECDOTAL, IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE NECESSARILY TRACK, BUT WE TALK TO OUR OPERATORS, WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THAT MATERIAL THAN IN THE PAST.

PLEASE PUT YOUR PPE IN THE GARBAGE CAN.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> CURBING THE PANDEMIC IS THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S TOP PRIORITY.

DR. FAUCI IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE LIFELONG LEARNING AWARD.

COPRODUCER OF FRESH AIR TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE TASKS BEFORE HIM.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE TO KEEP US INFORMED DURING THIS PANDEMIC BASED ON SCIENCE.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO SO MANY OF US.

I WANT TO START WITH YOUR NEW ROLE.

WHAT DID JOE BIDEN TELL YOU HE WANTED YOU TO DO AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHAT YOU DID IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?

>> IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTED, NOT ONLY OF ME BUT OF THE ENTIRE MEDICAL TEAM, AND IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING BECAUSE HE SAID IT PUBLICLY AND HE SAID IT PRIVATELY TO US, AND THAT IS THAT SCIENCE WAS GOING TO RULE, THAT WE WERE GOING TO BASE WHATEVER WE DO, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR GUIDELINES, WHAT HAVE YOU, BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND SOUND SCIENTIFIC DATA.

BUT HE ALSO SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS ALSO ENCOURAGING.

HE SAID, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY, WE ARE GOING TO STUMBLE, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BLAME ANYBODY, WE ARE JUST GOING TO FIX IT.

BOY, WAS THAT REFRESHING TO KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO LET THE GOOD SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND TRUTHS GUIDE WHATEVER WE SAY AND DO AND WHEN WE DON'T KNOW SOMETHING, WE ARE GOING TO ADMIT THAT WE DON'T KNOW IT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE GOOD DATA IS AND WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS.

>> ARE YOU SAYING YOU CANNOT ADMIT WHEN YOU DID NOT KNOW SOMETHING DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?

>> YOU CAN WATCH THE INTERVIEW ON FEBRUARY 23 RIGHT HERE ON THE PHY Y.

WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ORGANIZATION WHOSE SERVICES ARE IN GREATER DEMAND BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

WHILE THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER TEAM BEHIND THIS NONPROFIT OUR MEETING THOSE NEEDS, THEIR TASK IS STILL CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY ARE DEALING WITH AN ISSUE MANY DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS.

♪ >> THIS HAS TAKEN OVER OUR LIVES, OUR LIVELIHOODS, BECAUSE IT NEVER STOPS.

IF WE ARE NOT OUT PHYSICALLY DOING DELIVERIES, WE ARE PACKING, WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH PEOPLE TO GIVE US DONATIONS, ANSWERING EMAILS.

IT REALLY IS SIX OR SEVEN DAYS A WEEK THAT WE DON'T GET PAID FOR.

>> BUT MIND, BODY, SPIRIT WOULD NOT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

SHE AND HER DAUGHTER DELIVER PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO CANNOT AFFORD THEM.

>> THE INABILITY TO ASK FOR MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS OR GET RESOURCES TO GET THEM ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

>>'S IS THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS HAVE INCREASED.

>> WE ARE DOING OVER 200 DELIVERIES A WEEK.

WE DELIVER A THREE TO FIVE MONTH SUPPLY ONE DAY, ON ONE BLOCK, I THINK WE DELIVERED 70 BAGS IN ONE AREA.

>> REQUESTS DON'T JUST COME FROM PHILADELPHIA, WHERE HER NONPROFIT IS BASED.

>> I AM 18 AND I LIVE ON MY OWN WITH MY TWO-YEAR-OLD SON WHO HAS CEREBRAL PALSY.

I AM STRUGGLING TO AFFORD A PERIOD SUPPLIES BECAUSE MY MONEY IS GOING TO MAKING SURE THAT MY SON HAS ENOUGH TO EAT.

I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING.

INCLUDING QUITTING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT SCHOOL, WORKING EXTRA SHIFTS, BORROWING MONEY, SOMETIMES, RELUCTANTLY, STEALING SUPPLIES, WHICH I'M NOT PROUD OF.

ANYTHING WOULD HELP ME.

SHE LIVES IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

IT IS AMAZING THAT WE HAVE SERVICE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE NATION, BECAUSE THERE IS NO ORGANIZATION THAT GIVES MOSTLY SUPPLIES TO PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVING AT HOME IN POVERTY.

>> A CHALLENGE IS STEADY DONATIONS.

>> OUR PRODUCTS COME FROM DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, AND DONATION DRIVES.

WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE ONGOING SPONSORSHIPS OR PARTNERSHIPS WITH ANY BRANDS TO GIVE US PRODUCTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

I THINK IT IS SYSTEMIC RACISM, BECAUSE WE ARE A BLACK ORGANIZATION, THAT MOSTLY SERVES MINORITY POPULATIONS.

WE ARE NOT AS MARKETABLE AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR MOVEMENTS AND THAT THEY HAVE MET THEIR QUARTER FOR DIVERSITY.

WE STARTED TO CALL THEM OUT AND TO CALL OUT THE CULTURE AND TO FIND OUT WHY IT IS THAT THEY COULD NOT SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION AND ALSO ABOUT THE SILENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> MEDLEY IS CALLING ON COMMUNITIES TO SPEAK UP.

>> OUR JOURNEY IS LONELY.

YOU DON'T SEE PEOPLE COMING OUT AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POLITICS TELL US, WE WILL DONATE TO DO BUT WE WON'T DO IT OUTWARDLY.

>> DESPITE THE OBSTACLES, MEDLEY AND HER DAUGHTER ARE NOT GIVING UP.

>> IT IS A LOT.

HOW DO WE HANDLE IT?

PRAYER.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN IT GETS OVERWHELMING AND I'M LIKE, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE, THEN ONE OF US WILL SAY, IF WE STOP, WHO ELSE IS GOING TO DO IT?

WE DON'T HAVE A BACKUP.

THERE IS NO ONE ELSE.

NO ONE.

SO I THINK IT IS ALMOST LIKE IF I DON'T DO IT, WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THESE FAMILIES, WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THESE WOMEN, ALL THESE GIRLS WHO COUNT ON US?

♪ >> MEDLEY AND HER DAUGHTER WILL BE ABLE TO HELP EVEN MORE PEOPLE ON SATURDAY.

THE ORGANIZATION WILL HOLD A RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THEIR NEW MENSTRUAL HUB AT GERMANTOWN AVENUE.

THAT EVENT IS INVITATION ONLY BY THE HUB WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A GOOD MEAL IS ALWAYS A TREAT.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN GET ONE AND HELP AREA RESTAURANTS.

HOPE FOR HOSPITALITY IS A NEW INITIATIVE THAT IS SUPPORTING RESTAURANTS IN DELAWARE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.

>> THIS CAMPAIGN IS A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO IS GO OUT AND SUPPORT RESTAURANTS.

IF YOU WANT TO DINE IN, DINED IN.

IF YOU WANT TO DO DELIVERY, DO DELIVERY.

IF YOU WANT TO DO CURBSIDE PICKUP, DO CURBSIDE PICKUP.

#HOPEFORHOSPITALITYPA AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE PUT INTO A RAFFLE AND EACH OF THE COUNTIES ARE GOING TO BE SENDING OUT A $25 GIFT CARD ONCE A WEEK.

HOPE FOR HOSPITALITY PA RUNS TO THE END OF MARCH AND YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON HOPE FOR HOSPITALITY PA.COM.

>> CHANGE IS GOOD BUT IT CAN TAKE TIME.

CASE AND POINT IS THE NEW RESTAURANT AT THE HISTORICAL HOTEL IN DELAWARE.

A NEW FRENCH RESTAURANT TAKES THE PLACE OF THE HOTEL'S GREEN ROOM.

LET'S TAKE A TOUR AND MEET THE MAN BEHIND IT.

>> THIS IS OUR NEW RESTAURANT AT THE HISTORIC HOTEL.

CHECK IT OUT.

♪ THIS IS THE OLD GREEN ROOM SPACE.

A RESTAURANT THAT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FOR 110 YEARS NOW AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN REIMAGINED.

IT MEANS THE HORSE MEN.

WE LOOK TO THE EQUESTRIAN TRADITION OF THE RIVER VALLE FOR INSPIRATION.

EVEN LOOKING AT OLD PICTURES OF THE HOTEL BEFORE THE AUTOMOBILE BECAME UBIQUITOUS, PEOPLE WERE HAVING HORSES OUT FRONT.

WHEN WE CAME INTO THE SPACE AND STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT WE COULD DO IN HERE, TO US, IT MADE SENSE TO CREATE A FRENCH RESTAURANT, ESPECIALLY THE CONCEPT, THERE IS A CASUAL VIBE.

FIND FOOD THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE APPROACHABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

♪ MOROCCAN STYLE CUISINE, THE IDEA IS TO INFUSE THE FLAVORS AND AROMATICS INTO THAT CHICKEN.

JUST TRYING TO EXPLORE THIS OTHER PART OF THE WORLD THAT THE FRENCH TRADITION HAS TOUCHED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE ARE LOOKING OUTSIDE OF FRANCE TO BUILD THE MENU.

THERE WERE A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS, OBVIOUSLY.

I HAD GREAT PARTNERS IN THE HOTEL GROUP AND A GROUP WHICH OWNS THE BUILDING AND I THINK WE ALL APPROACHED THE PROJECT THINKING OF OURSELVES AS MUCH AS CUSTODIANS OF THE SPACE AS THE RE-INVENTORS OF THE SPACE.

WE REPLACED THE FAKE CANDLELIGHT BULBS WITH THE SCHOOL GLOBES.

THE VELVET REMINDED US OF 1960'S, 1970'S SORT OF NEW WAVE FRENCH CULTURE.

THERE WAS NEVER A BAR IN THE GREEN ROOM.

♪ WE THOUGHT THAT AESTHETICALLY, WE NEEDED A CENTERPIECE AND THE BAR WOULD SPEND IN A OLD NEW YORK DINING ROOM FOR 100 YEARS.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE DU PONT COMPANY PUT DOWN WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING AND THERE WERE RUMORS THAT WHILE THERE HAD BEEN THIS, BEFORE PUTTING DOWN THAT CARPET, THEY HAD LEVELED THE FLOOR WITH A LAYER OF CONCRETE, SO WE WENT INTO THE FIRST DAY OF DEMOLITION NOT KNOWING WHAT WE WERE GOING TO FIND.

WE PULLED THE CARPET UP AND FOUND A PRICELESS FLOOR.

♪ WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL INSPIRED WHEN THEY WALK IN AND TO SEE IMMEDIATELY HOW MUCH CARE AND THOUGHT WAS GIVEN TO THIS RESTAURANT BECAUSE NONE OF US TOOK IT LATELY.

WE ARE HERE TO PUT A NEW STAMP ON IT, MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY, MAYBE MAKE SOME MEMORIES.

♪ >> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SPACE, AND THE FOOD AND DRINKS LOOK AMAZING.

>> HERE IS HOW YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION.

>> I KNOW YOU ARE ALREADY CHECKING YOUR SCHEDULE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN YOU CAN GET OUT THERE.

>> YOU KNOW I FOLLOW THE FOOD.

ALSO, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THE HOTEL AND YOU WILL TOO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT WEEK AND WHEN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER JAMPACKED SHOW.

>> GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.