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Stephanie Arnett | Cotton District by Lura Jordan To be exact, I was rejected twice, in one day Rejection A:  *received by email, before our scheduled video call “We do not need to talk. After looking at your profile, the only things we have in common are being women, and working in real estate. You discuss …

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As I walked along the sidewalk with family, said hello to friends, watched the smiling faces of each small business owner, breathed in the holiday cheer, and listened to the mischievous giggles of over-spenders, I couldn’t help but ponder on how unWINE came to be Several years before the pandemic, our Downtown began fading away, …