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Urban Roots garden center is latest co-op founded in city: Idea germinated from news article.
Byline: Michelle Kearns
May 15--The idea for the Urban Roots garden center, a new Buffalo co-operative business that has been selling out of petunias and mulch, came to Blair Woods one piece at a time, like the flower gardens he insisted on planting in his neighbors' yards.
The venture began with a tidbit he read a few years ago in a newspaper story about how city gardeners tip each other off when there are good gardening sales in the suburbs. "I said, 'I think we should have a garden center on the West Side,' " he said. "Why are we driving one hour each way to buy plants?"
Urban Roots, which opened at 428 Rhode Island St. in April in a neighborhood where boarded up houses are near well-tended homes with flower beds, is a mix of thoughtful business planning and community- building ideals.
"Among me, and a lot of my friends, I'd much rather spend my money in the city," said Woods, 43.
Mother's Day weekend turned out to be a big, gratifying success, the culmination of about three years of work and a $200,000 investment…
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