Dwight Bassett, economic development officer for Chapel Hill, says Edwards has leased space in Rosemary Village at 400 W. Rosemary St.

The store, Red Window, will feature styles and prices patterned after a charity store called The Red Door that her mother managed when she lived in Japan.

The Rosemary Village building, at the corner of Rosemary Street and Mitchell Lane, features commercial retail and office space with 30 feet of window frontage and 40 condominiums.

Syd's helps wildlife

Syd's Hair Shop in Chapel Hill held a fundraiser March 29 to help support Piedmont Wildlife Center's efforts to rehabilitate native wildlife.

Stylists Brad Scott, Amy-Jae Crawford, Amy Testerman, Jenni Snyder, Marit Nelson, Cinnamon Fischer and Gwen McLaughlin donated their time when the shop is normally closed to raise $1,440.

Piedmont Wildlife Center supports wildlife through rehabilitation, education and scientific study. To get involved, go to www.piedmontwildlifecenter.org/, call the Center at 489-0900 or the wildlife hospital at 572-9453.

Shop donates balls

Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center donated more than 60 soccer balls to Operation Andy's Gift, a Triangle nonprofit that sends soccer balls and equipment to children in Afghanistan. The donation helped reach the goal of shipping 1,000 balls before Air Force Capt. Andrew "Andy" Stewart returned for his tour of the Middle East.

"When Andy first arrived in Afghanistan in July '08 he saw some young children playing with a flat ball, which prompted him to ask us to send soccer balls to him," said Stewart's sister Emily Goatcher. "The balls have been distributed to kids all over the country by the U.S. military, the Afghan military and civilians."

Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center, with three locations, on Franklin Street, in Carrboro and at Cole Park Plaza, has been providing total car care services to the greater Chapel Hill area for more than 50 years.

CEO meets Gore

Vice President Al Gore now has his copy of "Smart Green: How to Implement Sustainable Business Practices in Any Industry -- And Make Money."

Author Jonathan M. Estes, CEO of Strategic Measures Inc. in Chapel Hill, met Gore at the Spain-U.S. Business Sustainability Conference in New York City on March 17.

Estes wrote "Smart Green" to highlight examples of sustainable development within the business community and to demonstrate how other leaders can implement sustainable practices while continuing to be profitable.

Smart Green addresses several major questions, including what exactly is sustainability, how do you build a strategic plan to achieve it, and what are the benefits of marketing your green initiatives to customers.

Eco-diaper service started

The Triangle Diaper Co. has launched an eco-friendly cloth diaper delivery service.

Karissa Binkley is a birth doula with a passion for providing care though personalized attention and high quality products. This diaper service is much like grandma's era, but has instituted ecologically sound principles including 100 percent unbleached diapers and EPA tested and baby-friendly cleansers to insure that diapers are clean but still soft and safe for baby.

Information on can be found at www.trianglediapercompany.com

Lock-Up to benefit MDA

Delos O'Daniels is a jail bird for his 23rd year. Each year, the owner of Hoky Sales Co. is locked up and required to make as many phone calls as possible to raise bail money. Luckily for O'Daniels, he knows when he is about to be arrested and he sends out letters to family and friends beforehand to raise bail.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association is locking up Chapel Hill business leaders from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 16 at The Franklin Hotel on West Franklin Street.

Bail money raised during the Chapel Hill Lock-Up will remain local, enabling MDA to provide clinic visits at Duke University Medical Center and UNC Hospitals; wheelchairs, scooters, leg braces and communication devices; support group sessions; MDA summer camp at Camp Carefree; and research.

MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat muscular dystrophy and related diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services, advocacy and professional and public health education. The association's programs are funded almost entirely by individual private contributors.

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